Dr Ifedapo Francis Awolowo PhD, FAIA, Mres, CFE, MSc, BSc.

Qualifications
2019: PhD in Forensic Accounting, Sheffield Hallam University. Thesis Tittle: Financial Statement Fraud: The Need for a Paradigm Shift to Forensic Accounting.
2015: Mres - Business, Sheffield Hallam University.
2012: MSc Forensic Accounting, Sheffield Hallam University.
2009: BSc Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Member of professional bodies
2019: Professional Member, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
2017: Academic Fellow of the Association of International Accountants (FAIA) AIA
2016: Member, American Accounting Association
2015: British Academy of Management
2013: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
2010: Graduate Member: Nigerian Institute of Management

Department of Finance, Accounting and Business Systems Sheffield Business School Financial Accounting & Management Accounting 2017 to Present: Module Leader for Corporate Reporting & Governance; Governance, Risk and Ethics. 2019 to Present: Module Leader for Accounting (Trading degree)

Occupational Fraud and Abuse - with specific interest in Financial Statement Fraud.
Mergers and Acquisitions 
Audit Failures and Corporate collapses 
Corporate Governance
Forensic Accounting 
Degree attainment Gap (BAME)
Qualitative Research (Neo-empiricism)

Key Publications

Garrow, N., Somerset, N., Awolowo, I., & Clark, M. (2019). Trust: The critical factor in theory and practice, from banks to cakes. In British Academy of Management, Aston University Birmingham, 3 September 2019 - 5 September 2019. BAM: https://www.bam.ac.uk/corporate-governance-0

Jamieson, D., Awolowo, I., Garrow, N., Winfield, J., & Bhaiyat, F. (2019). Financial shenanigans: The importance of anti-fraud education. Journal of Governance and Regulation, 8 (3), 58-63. http://doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v8_i3_p5

Garrow, N., Awolowo, I., & Growe, G.A. (2018). Annual reports: Fact or fiction? Are there governance implications? Presented at: BAM2018: Driving productivity in uncertain and challenging times, Bristol, 2018

Kesseba, K., Awolowo, I., & Clark, M. (2018). Qualitative research methodology: a neo-empiricist perspective. Driving productivity in uncertain and challenging times. http://conference.bam.ac.uk/BAM2018/htdocs/conference_papers.php?track_name=Research%20Methodology

Jamieson, D., Awolowo, I., Garrow, N., Winfield, J., & Bhaiyat, F. (2018). Financial shenanigans: The importance of anti-fraud education. In PAN IIT International Management Conference, Roorkee, India, 30 November 2018 - 2018 (pp. 1-12). Indian Institute of Technology: http://paniitimc18.in/

Awolowo, I., Garrow, N., Clark, M., & Chan, D. (2018). Accounting scandals: beyond corporate governance. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, 14 (8), 399-407. http://doi.org/10.17265/1548-6583/2018.08.001

Garrow, N., & Awolowo, I. (2018). Palmer & Harvey: A Case of Governance and Audit Failure. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, 14 (7). http://doi.org/10.17265/1548-6583/2018.07.004

Awolowo, I., Garrow, N., Clark, M., & Chan, D. (2018). Accounting scandals: Beyond corporate governance. SSRN Electronic Journal. http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3101057

Clark, M., & Awolowo, F. (2017). Towards a Forensic Accounting Paradigm: A Neo-Empiricist Research Agenda. In British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, University of Warwick. Coventry: British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference

AWOLOWO, F. (2017). Corporate Accounting Frauds: Are Auditors to be blamed? Presented at: Sheffield Business School Doctoral Conference, Sheffield

AWOLOWO, F. (2016). Financial Statement Fraud: Updating the Accounting Paradigm to Forensic Accounting.

AWOLOWO, F. (2016). Financial Statement Fraud: The Need for a Paradigm Shift to Forensic Accounting. In 7th Annual Mid-Year Forensic Accounting Research Conference, American Accounting Association, North Carolina. North Carolina: Forensic Accounting Research Conference

AWOLOWO, F. (2016). Financial Statement Fraud: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Accounting. International Conference on Accounting and Finance (ICAF).

AWOLOWO, F. (2014). The Relevance of Forensic Accounting in Mitigating the Audit Expectation Gap.

Journal articles

Awolowo, I. (2019). Financial Statement Fraud: The Need for a Paradigm Shift to Forensic Accounting. . http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00230

Garrow, N., Awolowo, I.F., & Growe, G. (2019). Annual Reports: Fact or Fiction? Are there governance implications? Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, 16 (1). http://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v16i1.1360

Chan, D., Clark, M., Garrow, N., & Awolowo, F. (2018). Accounting Scandals: Beyond Corporate Governance - Query over journal - HR. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.

Presentations

Chan, D., Garrow, N., Clark, M., & AWOLOWO, F. (2017). Financial Statement Fraud: Auditors are not to be blamed.

2017: Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship (ACFE)

2019: PhD Supervision (1 student)