Joseph Ifeanyi Aneke is a Professor of Insurance. He is Dean, Faculty of Arts, Social and Management Sciences and Coordinator, General Studies Programme, Coal City University (CCU), Enugu. He is a highly motivated academic and a strong higher education value-chain driver through transformative teaching and multidisciplinary professional services. He served as Chairman of many University Committees including CCU Programmes Accreditation Committee, Committee on Review of Guidelines on Appointments and Promotion of Academic Staff and Non-teaching Staff, and Staff Disciplinary Committee. He is Editor-in-Chief, CCU Journal of Humanities, and Editorial Board Member of Collaborative Research in Management and Social Sciences (CRMSS) and many other renowned Journals in his discipline.

Prior to his appointment in CCU in 2017, Professor Aneke was Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and technology (ESUT), Enugu. He is the Pioneer Editor of ESUT Journal of Management Sciences. As a 6-years Head of Department of Insurance and Risk Management he has a solid record of innovative academic leadership achievements and played a significant part in reshaping the structure, strategy, operations and culture of the department, He is instrumental to the development of post-graduate programmes in that department.

Professor Joseph Aneke has vast experience and exposure in pedagogical developments and in creating learning communities. He is a Visiting Professor at Niger Delta University (NDU), Yenegua. He was a Visiting Professor at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria (2014-2020); Kogi State University, Anyimgba (2010-2015) and Adjunct Professor at Imo State University (2005-2014). He has successfully supervised many MSc and PhD students and served as External Examiner at Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki for many years. He published extensively in many renowned peer-reviewed Journals and authored four textbooks in his discipline and they are being used profusely in tertiary institutions.

Professor Aneke is a Fellow and Member of Council, Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria; Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration; Fellow, Faculty of Risk Management and Member, Nigeria Institute of Management. He has a BSc degree in Mathematics and MBA in Finance both from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and PhD in Agricultural Finance (Insurance and Risk Management Major) from ESUT.

Professor Joseph Ifeanyi Aneke bagged many professional, academic and service Awards.

Research Interest

He has interest in multidisciplinary research. His areas of specialization are Insurance, Risk Management, and Strategic Management.