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Kenneth G. Korah

Lecturer
Faculty: Accounting & Finance
Department: Accounting
Academic Area(s): Audit and Internal Review , Principle of Accounting, Accountant in Business (ACCA), Management Accounting (ACCA), Introduction to Management Accounting (ICAG)
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Mr. Kenneth G. Korah is a Lecturer at the Department of Accounting, University of Professional Studies. He has over 20 years’ experience working for multinational companies in Ghana and Abroad (Canada). He has occupied senior management positions in FMCG, Mining, Technology and Health Service organizations. Most recently, he was the Assistant Regional Financial Controller of Newmont Africa. He also held the positions of Head of Internal Audit and Senior Finance Manager for the same company. Mr. Korah previously worked as Human Resource Manager at Unilever Ghana Limited; Health (Hospital) Administrator at Ghana Health Service and as Compliance Auditor at Blackberry Limited in Canada.

Mr. Korah holds the following degrees: Master of Accounting (MAcc) from the University of Waterloo (Canada); Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Carleton University (Canada) and Bachelor Science in Business Administration from the University of Ghana (Legon).

Mr. Korah is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Illinois (USA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant, Ghana (ICAG). He also has Advanced Securities Certificate and Securities Certificate from the Ghana Stock Exchange and the Canadian Securities Institute respectively.

Academic and professional courses taught by Mr. Korah include the following:
•Audit and Internal Review
•Principle of Accounting
•Accountant in Business (ACCA)
•Management Accounting (ACCA)
•Introduction to Management Accounting (ICAG)

Mr. Korah has Research Interest in the following areas:
•The perception of audit value by SMEs
•Management of fraud risk in Ghanaian family businesses
•The role of accounting information in Ghanaian investor decision making