Kohol Shadrach Iornem, PhD
Professor of Business Management
Professor Kohol Iornem gained his Master’s and PhD at Cardiff Metropolitan University. His main research interests revolve around resilience, personal growth initiatives, and employee productivity in the workplace. He teaches MBA courses on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Leadership and Culture, and Strategic Management at Regent College London.
Professor Iornem’s contributions to the academic community are widely recognized. His articles have been published in esteemed peer-reviewed journals, and he has been invited as a keynote speaker and chair at numerous international research and practitioner conferences, including the prestigious British Academy of Management’sconference and the Cambridge Africa Conference, where the African Society of Cambridge University gave him the Award of Excellence. Open University Press published his most recent book, ‘A Social Science Student’s Guide to Surviving Your PhD,’ further cementing his status as a respected academic.
Professor Iornem is a John Maxwell Leadership-certified Speaker, Trainer, and Coach with extensive experience organizing executive education programmes for top executives and senior managers interested in career development. He is a Member of the British Academy of Management and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants.
Professor Iornem is the immediate past President of the Mzough U Tiv United Kingdom (MUTUK) (2019-2023). He enjoys promoting and enhancing the socio-economic and cultural development of the Tiv people in the United Kingdom and supporting similar advancements in Tivland in Nigeria. He founded two Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Nigeria, namely, Menroi Rural Priority Foundation and Mzehemen u Tiv Foundation, to create a world where the less privileged in rural communities will thrive.