Teaching-Focused Profile
Dr Olugbenga Akintola is an accomplished Lecturer, Module Leader, and Faculty Research Lead at the Northumbria University, London. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Chartered Management and Business Educator (CMBE), His academic career is defined by exceptional teaching dexterity and a deep commitment to pedagogical innovation. Dr Akintola currently exercises comprehensive module leadership at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, managing core learning design and student learning facilitation across Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Leadership, and Organisational Behaviour. Proficient in curriculum development, he possesses a proven track record of designing, modernising, and validating rigorous academic programmes to meet contemporary digital economy demands. Olugbenga’s administrative leadership and dedication to the student experience are further evidenced by his extensive service across university governance bodies, including institutional Research Committees, Postgraduate Boards, Quality Assurance and Accreditation committees. Recognised with a prestigious Teaching Excellence Award, Dr Akintola merges advanced instructional theories with practical application, combining academic entrepreneurship with student mentorship, and had successfully supervised over a hundred postgraduate researchers to completion.
Research-focused Profile
Dr Akintola’s standing as an elite, internationally mobile scholar is anchored by a prolific and sustained research trajectory within global business management education. His robust research portfolio features a substantial track record of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, complemented by an active pipeline targeting top-tier, world-class Chartered ABS 4* academic outlets. Olugbenga’s empirical research drives critical conversations and policy updates globally, with a specific focus on entrepreneurial creativity models, graduate employability frameworks, institutional systems, and sustainable enterprise development. Demonstrating exceptional academic entrepreneurship and editorial authority, Dr Akintola serves as the executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business and Digital Innovation, having authored the original institutional concept paper and constructed the governance and compliance architectures required to launch the publication from inception. His methodological capabilities are highly sought after internationally; he was headhunted to serve as the lead Research Consultant and Team Trainer for a high-profile, internationally funded Google research initiative, engineered the baseline evaluation methodologies and successfully disseminated the empirical findings in a top-tier, globally indexed Elsevier Q1 journal. This extensive track record is further supported by his ongoing contributions as a peer reviewer to various academic journals globally.