Introduction
Worked in academia and the private sector (banking) across three continents and over nine cities. Research interest on development, focusing on anti-money laundering, infrastructure, and institutions. On the latter, my current interest is on cultural narratives about gender inequalities.
Expert
An Associate of the Chartered Institute of Financial Services, London since 1979, Melvin Ayogu was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Policy Alternatives, Lagos. Variously Director of the Executive MBA program and a Visiting Professor of Economics at the School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Dean Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Chair and Director School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Director (Managing) Global leadership Center, Standard Bank South Group South Africa. Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution, Washington DC, a Visiting Scholar to the IMF and to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Senior Rockefeller Humanities Institute Fellow, Harvard University, and Rhodes Visiting African Scholar to Oxford University.
Currently, Professor of Pedagogy in Economics at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. His work focuses on Anti-Money Laundering, Infrastructure, and Institutions. Current interest is on cultural Narratives about Gender Inequalities.
Fields of expertise: Infrastructure, Sustainable Development Goals