William Coffie

William Coffie

William Coffie is a Financial Economist and the Head of Department of Accounting and Tenure Professor of Accounting & Finance at University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Financial Economics and Masters Degree in Finance from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom. He has a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Postgraduate Certificate & Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, Postgraduate Certificate in (Higher) Education, and Certificate in Business & Industrial Administration. Prof Coffie is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Marketer, Chartered Investment & Securities Analyst, Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants UK.

Prof Coffie has over 20 years’ experience as a University Lecturer in six Universities and several Colleges across Europe, Asia and Africa. He has been publishing in reputable international journals including International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Financial Stability, Global Business & Economics Review, Accounting Research Journal etc.  He has over 60 journal and conference publications and authored 8 textbooks. His research interests lie in Accounting Information, Corporate Finance, Financial Inclusion & livelihood, Capital market, Asset Pricing & Volatility, Modelling economic series, IFRS adoption, Corporate Governance, Auditing and Taxation. His teaching cuts across several business disciplines including Accounting, Corporate Finance, Investment & Portfolio Management, Applied Econometrics, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Research Methods, Financial Engineering, Taxation, Entrepreneurship and Public Relations/Business Communications. As part of his PhD, Prof Coffie received a scholarship to attend training in Financial Econometrics at Wadham College University of Oxford and in Economic modelling at Clare College University of Cambridge.