Obianuju Mary Chiekezie was born on 24th May 1966 to the family of late Sir Sylvester Belonwu and Victoria Obikwelu. She is a Christian and hails from Igbo-Ukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. She obtained her Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Jos. Further, she acquired her Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and Doctorate Degree/Master of Science (PhD/MSc), a double barrel program from Abia State University, Uturu. She is a Professor with over 80 Journal publications, many books, chapter contributions and conference papers. She has assessed over six Professors and Readers. Professor Obianuju has equally supervised many Postgraduate works. She was Acting Head of Department from 2011/2012 to 2013/2014, during which she organised the first International Conference for the Department of Business Administration and the first Post-Graduate Research workshop for the Department of Business Administration. She is an Editorial consultant, ESUT journal of Management Sciences. She had served as Editor, Editor-in-chief and Co-Editor of different Journal publications. She has served as Chairman and Co-chairman to many Committees both at Departmental, Faculty and University level. She has served and is still serving as an External Examiner to many Universities. She was a Senate-member of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka 2012-2014 and Senate Representative Faculty of Management Sciences 2016-2018. She became a permanent Senate-member as a Professor in 2018. Prof. Obianuju became the Chairman, Faculty of Management Sciences Welfare 2019-2022. She is also the current Post Graduate Sub-Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences and the Chairman, Planning Committee for the 2024 Business Administration Multidisciplinary Conference scheduled for September, 2024. She has to her credit many awards, including Best Paper in Track 7, Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Informal Sector, International Academy of African Business and Development IAABD 11th International Conference hosted by the University of Lagos, 2010. She is an Associate member of, the Nigerian Institute of Management, a Fellow, of the Strategic Institute for Natural Resources and Human Development, a Fellow Institute of Policy Management Development and a member International Research and Development Institute. She was a two times Lead Paper presenter at the National Conference of school of Business and Management Technology (SBMT), Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri in 2019 and 202 with the themes: Good Governance, Change and Sustainable National Development and Challenges of Covid-19 Pandemic and Prospect for the Global Economy: The African Experience respectively. Professor Obianuju Chiekezie is happily married and blessed with four children.

Google Scholar

Management Management- General Management Strategic Management