Dr. Ikechi, Prince Obinna
BRIEF PROFILE OF PRINCE OBINNA IKECHI, Ph.D
Dr. Ikechi, Prince Obinna is a Senior Lecturer and H.O.D in the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, (I.A.U.E.) Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt- Nigeria. Dr. Ikechi is the Faculty of Management Sciences’ Representative to the Post Graduate School and also the Chairman, Department of Marketing Graduate Studies Committee and a Member of the Faculty Board of Studies. He is the Editor in Chief of the Sustainability Marketing And Entrepreneurship Journal (SMEJ); Editorial Secretary, Marketing Chronicles Journal and Business Master Journal of the Department of Marketing and Faculty of Management Sciences respectively. He was also the Chairman, Faculty of Management Sciences Examination and Time Table Committee.
He is a Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Management. Associate Member, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria. Member, ResearchGate. Member, International Research and Development Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Sustainable Human Resource and Research Development; Executive Member, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) I.A.U.E Branch and Member of several other professional bodies within and outside Nigeria. His Research interest is Consumer Behavior and Sustainability Marketing. He possesses First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC). West African School Certificate (WASC) Ordinary Level. Interim Joint Matriculation Board Examination (IJMBE) Advance Level Certificate, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Honors Degree in Business Administration; Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Business Studies, Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE); Masters and Ph.D degrees in Marketing of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, (Now Rivers State University) Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi and Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki respectively.
Dr Ikechi is also a Management and Marketing Consultant and had held some responsible positions both in private and public sector for several years of his career. He has authored and co-authored many books, published several chapters in books and articles in academic journals and delivered Papers in National and International Conferences. He is Married and blessed with children. He loves Traveling, Discussing topical issues, Politics, Freelance writing, Teaching, Playing Scrabble, Football and Table-tennis.