Senior Lecturer in Business Management, Programme Leader BA Business Management (Innovation), Department of Management, Leadership and Organisation, Middlesex University Business School, UK.

Dr. Ignatius Ekanem holds a PhD in Financial Management of SMEs from Middlesex University, London and MBA from London South Bank University. Dr Ekanem specializes in economic regeneration and small business research, with particular focus on the financial management practices of small and medium sized businesses. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).