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PROF. JOSHUA ALABI

Prof. Joshua Alabi is a nationally acclaimed visionary and transformational leader, celebrated marketing professional, accomplished academic, and astute politician with tremendous credit in exemplary leadership in governance, sports administration and entrepreneurship.

He was until recently, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana’s only public university with expertise in training business leaders and professionals in banking, marketing, finance, auditing, total quality management and leadership.

Prior to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Alabi spent over twenty (20) years of his life as a Lecturer from 1987, to the founding Head of the Marketing Department in 1989, to the Dean of the Management Faculty from 2003 to 2005, to Pro-Rector from 2005 to 2008, and to Rector from 2008 to 2012.

Having been intimately connected with the former accountancy training institution, known for holding classes under trees and wobbly sheds, Prof Alabi had a vision; to transform the image of the former Institute of Professional Studies and make it become a world-class higher education institution of choice and highly sought after by prospective students. Under his leadership, that vision was achieved. From classrooms under trees to mega buildings and lecture blocks financed mainly from the internally generated resources of the institution.

Prof. Alabi’s phenomenal achievements and contributions to national development in the areas of public sector governance, leadership, education and sports have earned him quite a lot of praise and recognition nationally.

On 29th October 2016, The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama awarded Prof. Alabi the “Officer of the Order of the Volta” a very high national accolade, recognizing his immense contributions to Ghana’s development.

In July 2015, Prof. Alabi received another award from the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) in recognition of his exemplary leadership and transformation of the IPS to a fully-fledged University, and for his excellent performance in the banking and finance landscape.

Prof. Alabi was awarded Ghana’s Most Prestigious Professional and Business Accolade – the Marketing Man of the Year 2012, by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG). He was also named Ghana’s Most Influential Public Sector Leader for the year 2012, by IMANI Ghana, a policy Think Tank, for his quiet, sturdy and inspirational leadership, resulting in the transformation of the then IPS. He was also named as the Africa Vice-Chancellor of the Year 2012 by the All-Africa Students Union. Additionally, Prof. Alabi was awarded by the National Union of Ghana Students, (NUGS) for his contribution to education in Ghana. In 2013, he was awarded as a Noble Leader by the West Africa Nobles Forum.

Prof. Alabi’s sterling leadership qualities are not limited to academia, but spans business, politics and sports administration. At the national level, Prof. Alabi has served for nearly 4 years as the Chairman for the Board of Trustees for the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, providing strategic direction to the Trust and its subsidiary investments. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the HFC Bank, which is one of the leading financial and property development institutions in Ghana, for about 2 years. He was the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Accra Polytechnic for 5 years (2009-2014). He has been the Chairman of the Ghana Book Development Council from 2009 to 2017. Prof. Alabi was also a member of Ghana National Commission for UNESCO as well as Chairman of the Social Science Committee of the UNESCO Commission of Ghana, from 2009 to 2014.

At the institutional level, Prof. Alabi has served on a number of Committees including: the Governing Council of the UPSA, the Statutes Committee, Finance Committee, Academic Board, Executive Committee, Planning and Resource Committee, and the Budget Committee. He has Chaired other Committees including, the Development Committee, Publications Committee, Research and Conference Committee and the Library Committee.

At the international level, Prof. Alabi was a Member of the Group of Experts of the Executive Board of UNESCO (Paris) in September 2011, a Member of the Executive Committee and Chairs the West Africa Region of the International Association of University Presidents from 2011 to 2016.

Prof. Alabi has also participated in a number of international workshops and peer reviewed conferences and presented papers at some of these conferences with his paper on the “Effects of ethnicity in Political Marketing in Ghana” winning the Best Conference Paper Awards judged by peers at the 2007 Clute Institute Academic Research Conference in Las –Vegas, USA.

In Ghanaian Politics, Prof. Alabi is not a novice. His track-record speaks for itself. He was the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Krowor Constituency in the Greater Accra from 1997 to 2001; A member of the Business Committee of Parliament (1997 to 2001); A member of the Parliamentary select Committee on Food and Agriculture (1997 to 2001); Minister of State for the Greater Accra and Northern Regions respectively from 1997 to 2001 and Chairman of the Regional Security Councils for the Greater Accra and Northern Regions (1997 to 2001). When the NDC lost the 2000 elections, Prof Alabi was appointed as the Chairman for the Greater Accra Regional Reorganization Committee, a role he played with distinction. Soon after, he got elected by a strong majority as the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the NDC from 2001 to 2005. He also became the Campaign Coordinator for the Prof. John Atta Mills campaign in 2004, albeit for a brief period.

While a student in Europe, Prof. Alabi was the Ambassador for Ghanaian students, holding the positions of NUGS President Europe from 1985 to 1986, NUGS President USSR for two consecutive terms, from 1983 to 1985, and NUGS Moscow Vice-President from 1982 to 1983. As NUGS, President, Prof. Alabi led “The Medicines for Health Project” and in 1984 he successfully delivered a volume of medicines to the then Head of State of Ghana His Excellency Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings to be given to the people of Ghana during the heightened period of the recession in the early 1980s.

In the field of sports, Prof Alabi was the General Secretary for the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) from 1994 to 1997; a Member of the Ghana Football Association’s Management Board (GFA) and Coordinator of the Ghana Black Stars Management Committee from 1994 to 1997.

Prof Alabi has managed a countless number of international and national projects successfully. He is the Founder and Board Chairman of the Consumer Advocacy Center (CAC) Ghana, an Affiliate Member of the Consumers International, (CI) and a member of the Federation of Consumer Organization in 115 countries.

An Economist and Chartered Marketer by profession, Prof. Alabi is a graduate of two prestigious European Higher Education institutions; the Moscow Institute of National Economy, Plekhanov (now Russian Economics University) where he obtained his MSc. in Industrial Economics, in 1986 and an MSc in International Marketing from the Strachylide University in Glasgow Scotland where he awarded the Mushod Abiola Prize for Excellence in Marketing in 1992. He is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the UPSA, a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), Ghana, a Fellow of the Ghana Institute of Taxation and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana.

A native of Nungua in Accra, Prof. Alabi was born on 1st March, 1958. He is a committed Christian and happily married to Prof. Goski B. Alabi with two children.

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