Dr. Abubakari Atchulo

2011 – 2015   Open University Business School, the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

PhD in Accounting (Fulltime)

                          Examined by:

    External Examiner: Prof Ian Thomson (Heriott Watt University, United Kingdom)
   Internal Examiner: Dr. Terry O’Sullivan (Open University Business School, United Kingdom)
  Examination panel chair: Prof Joanne Locke (Open University Business School, UK)

Thesis: Business case analysis for social and environmental initiatives: the case of the Milton Keynes Electric Light Vehicle Infrastructure (ELVIS) Project.

Research explored how organisations incorporate social and environmental considerations into accounting and finance practice.

2006 – 2007       Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

MSc in Accounting and Finance

Obtained Result: Passed with Merit

Dissertation: The Implementation of Performance Measurement Systems and Organizational Resistance – The case of UK Airbus. Made a distinction for the study.                    

1996 – 1999     University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Legon
BSc Administration
Obtained Result: First Class (Honours) FGPA: 3.85/4.00
Dissertation: The use of computers and the productivity of commercial banks – The Case of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited.

• KPMG award for overall best graduating student in BSc Administration of the University of Ghana Business School for the class of 1999.

• Professor Ben Amoako-Adu’s award of excellence for best all round graduating student of the University of Ghana Business School for the class of 1999.

• Associate Member CPA - Australia
• Member – British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA).
• Member – British Academy of Management (BAM)
• Member – Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), UK
• Manchester Business School – Alumni

Lecturer – Department of Accounting, School of Business and Law, University for Development Studies, Ghana (March 2018 – present)

• Lecturer in Financial Reporting, Financial Management Strategy, Strategic Management and Cost and Management Accounting

Lecturer – Department of Accounting, Banking and Finance, Central Business School, Central University (September 2016 – February 2018)

• Lecturer in Accounting, Corporate Reporting and Control, Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Project and Operations Management at the postgraduate level

• Atchulo, A (2019): Consequences of unethical or unsustainable behaviour: Evidence from small scale mining companies in Ghana (forthcoming)
• Atchulo, A and Adenutsi, E (2019): Lifting the veil of corporate sustainability management: Evidence from a large UK corporation’s engagement with electric vehicles (fortcoming)
• Potter, S and Atchulo, A (2013): A Review of Ten Years of CO2-based Car Taxation: impact and potential, Universities’ Transport Study Group Conference, University of Oxford, January.
  (Open Research Online: oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/asa98.html)

• Atchulo, A. S (2012): Social and Environmental Investment Appraisal; Why reinvent the wheel? A look at the Milton Keynes Electric Light Vehicle Infrastructure ‘ELVIS’ Project, 24^th CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, The Gateway, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, September.
• Atchulo, A.S (2012): Funding Models for Electric Vehicles, 48^th British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Conference, Hilton Metropole Hotel, Brighton, April.
• Potter, S and Atchulo, A (2012): The role of company car taxation to promote low carbon vehicle technologies, Universities’ Transport Study Group Conference, University of Aberdeen, January.
  (Open Research Online: oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/asa98.html)