Dr Hakeem Ajonbadi is currently the Course Director of the MSc Management Suite (with ten pathways) at the Department of Management, Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Management (with specialisation in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development) from the University of Wales. Before this, he holds Master's degree in International Business from Vlekho Business School, Brussels, Belgium; an MBA in Finance from the University of Lagos, and a Master of Science (MSc) in Management from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. All these were after his Bachelor's degrees from Lagos State University in Economics (BSc.) and in Law (LLB).

Dr Ajonbadi has extensive experience in Business and Strategic Management, Leadership, Entrepreneurship Development, Human Resource Management, Organisational Development, and Indigenous Knowledge in education and research practices. His university experiences and creative and ingenious abilities have enabled him to accumulate administrative experiences over the years as the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Ag. Dean of School of Business, Postgraduate Coordinator, Head of Department, Personal Tutor, and chaired different university committees at different times as University Senate member.

Moreover, having taught at several higher education institutions in different countries/continents (the UK, Belgium, the UAE and Nigeria), he brings dynamic knowledge and expertise to his role as academia with industry experience. Dr Ajonbadi consults for many European, Middle-East and African organisations on different spheres of management-related issues, given his profound experiences in corporate training and leadership development.

Dr Ajonbadi was involved in providing the fora for academic networking and executive development partnership with unquestionable commitment to nurturing and reshaping the talents of delegates/participants. He believes these are capable of helping to create the desired values for their organisations and ensuring sustainable competitive advantage.

He is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy, the United Kingdom, (FHEA), Institute of Leadership and Management, the United Kingdom (FInstLM), Institute of Administrative Management, the United Kingdom (FInstAM), Institute of Commercial Management, United Kingdom (FInstCM), Institute of Management Consultants, Nigeria (FIMC), Corporate Institute of Administration, Nigeria (FCIA), African Center for Resource Studies (FAcrs), Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPD), the United Kingdom. Ajonbadi is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, United Kingdom and the Institute of Entrepreneurship of Nigeria.

Dr Hakeem Ajonbadi is widely travelled and has several publications (articles and chapter contributions) to his credit in various local and internationally rated journals.