Noel Tagoe is a Professor and Dean of Nile Business School at the Nile University of Nigeria in Abuja. He is a member of the board of Npontu Technology (an African technology company specializing in artificial intelligence). Noel also provides advisory, research and training services in Finance, Education, Strategy, Technology and Sustainability.

Until recently he was a member of the board of CIPD (the global human resources professional body) and a Professor of Accounting Practice at Nottingham University Business School.  Previously Noel was the Executive Vice President, Research & Curricula at AICPA-CIMA. Working with partners across the world he developed competency frameworks to ensure the continuing employability of professionals through reskilling and upskilling.

He has advised leading global companies in the automotive, aviation, financial services, and FMCG industries on finance transformation, talent strategy, digital strategy, managing disruption and embedding sustainability in organizational strategy & operations.  At the macro and international level he has advised national governments and leading international organizations on financing job creation, equitable development and using the financial sector to unlock the potential of the real sectors of the economy.

Noel held accounting and strategy positions at BP and Elf Aquitaine (now Total Oil), led the financial advisory services unit of KPMG Ghana and taught at leading business schools such as the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business (University College Dublin), Manchester Business School (University of Manchester) and Said Business School (University of Oxford).

A much sought-after global conference speaker, he was educated at the University of Ghana (undergraduate) and the Universities of Dundee and Oxford (postgraduate).  He is a fellow of CIMA.