Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor is an Associate Professor in Finance at the University of Ghana

Business School. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Ghana in November 2012. Elikplimi is the first PhD graduate in Finance from the University of Ghana. He is a Certified Financial Risk Manager, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He is currently an affiliate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). His research interests include artificial intelligence and machine learning, FinTech, digital finance, banking, corporate governance, cross border mergers and acquisitions, financial inclusion, economic growth and development, financial development, institutions, international capital flows (FDI, portfolio flows and debt flows), and remittances.

Elikplimi has taught courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses taught include Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Project Finance, Private Equity, Financial Management, Financial Markets and Institutions, and Investments. His publications have appeared in reputable international journals including Research in International Business and Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Journal of Institutional Economics, Thunderbird International Business Review, African Development Review, Journal of International Development, International Journal of Managerial Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Tourism Economics and Review of Development Finance. Elikplimi has presented numerous papers at various international conferences and has received several awards for his research. He won an award for his case study, ‘Corporate Governance at SIC’ at the 2017

African Corporate Governance Showcase awards organized by the Institute of Directors, Southern

Africa, the International Finance Corporation and SECO.