Bright Asante-Appiah is an academic, business executive, and entrepreneur. He has a PhD in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University (USA), a Master of Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University (USA), a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Cape Coast, and a Higher National Diploma from Kumasi Technical University. Prof. Asante-Appiah has several professional credentials, including Certified Public Accountant (USA), Certified Fraud Examiner (USA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (USA), and Chartered Certified Accountant (UK).

He is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Lehigh University (USA). Prior to his appointment at Lehigh, he worked as a Lecturer of Accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). Prof. Asante-Appiah’s research interests include corporate governance, ESG, and corporate sustainability. He has published in reputable A+ and A-rated academic journals, including Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Accounting Horizons. His research generates interest from U.S. regulators and standard setters. Prof. Asante-Appiah serves as a reviewer of several A+ and A-rated global accounting and finance journals. He has received several awards, including the prestigious “50 Best Business School Professor” in the USA in 2023.

Before transitioning to academia, Prof. Asante-Appiah worked in various industry and public accounting positions in Ghana and the USA. He began his career as an Investment Accountant with Nestle Ghana Limited and as a Finance and Administration Manager with Omni Media Limited (operators of CITI FM and CITI TV). In the USA, Prof. Asante-Appiah worked as an Auditor with KPMG LLP., where he audited the United States Department of Agriculture’s Division of Rural Development and various Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants in the manufacturing, retail, communication, energy, and financial services sectors. He held various leadership roles in the SEC reporting, accounting policy development, and global reporting departments at the headquarters of the agri-business giant Archer Daniels Midland Company. Prof. Asante-Appiah has consulted for several companies, including a U.S. Fortune 100.