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Dr. Kweku Adams is an Associate Professor in International Business & Management and the Programme Leader for the MSc International Business and Management at the Bradford School of Management. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds an MBA (Finance) from the University of Bedfordshire, a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of York, and a PhD in International Business Management from Swansea University, among others. Dr Adams has held academic positions in North America, serving as a Lecturer in Strategy and Global Management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, and a Visiting Lecturer of Management at the University of Lethbridge School of Management in Calgary, Canada. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Management at the University of Education Kumasi, Ghana.

His research interests focus on international business and business strategy, particularly the management of headquarters-subsidiary relations and the broader environmental, social governance (ESG), and human rights challenges facing multinational corporations. His work has been published in leading academic outlets, including Tourism Management, Journal of International Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of Business Research, Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Environmental Management, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Thunderbird International Business Review, Resources Policy, Employee Relations, and Strategic Change, among others. His research has also been presented at numerous academic and practitioner conferences globally.

Dr Adams has successfully supervised several undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students across Ghana, the UK, and Canada and has examined PhD theses in the UK, Canada, Ghana, and Pakistan. He currently serves as an external examiner at Brunel University and Northumbria University.

In addition to his academic roles, Dr Adams serves on various committees, including Health and Safety, External Examiners and External Experts Sub-Committees, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committees at the University of Bradford. He has consulted for banks, building and construction firms, and multijurisdictional tax advisory services in the UK, Canada, and Ghana.

Dr Adams holds Associate Editor roles with the Business Strategy & Development Journal and the Journal of Enterprising Communities. He also serves on the *Editorial Boards of the Thunderbird International Business Review and the Africa Journal of Management (AJG 2* Journals).

He is the President of the Ghana Scholarly Society Worldwide (www.ghscholars.com), a learned society dedicated to solving Africa’s pressing challenges through academic and professional collaborations.