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Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie

Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie

Associate Professor

Highest degree :

Masters

Field of study :

Economics

Location :

Addis Ababa

Citizenships :

Ethiopian

Experience :

23 Year(s)

Countries :

Ethiopia

Gender :

Male

Sectors :

Higher Education

I began working at Jimma University, Jimma City, Ethiopia at Assistant Graduate position in 1999 before being promoted to lecturer rank in 2003, Assistant Professor in 2014, and Associate professorship in 2017. In addition to academic position, I also served as Head, Planning and Programming office of the University from 2003 to 2008, Irish Aid and World Bank Projects Coordinator from 2005 – 2012, Dean, and College of Business and Economics as well as Project manager for Executive MBA in Agribusiness, the only program of its kind in Ethiopia, from 2013 to 2018. Between 2004 and 2016, I was also a member of the University senate, served as secretary of Executive Strategic Planning Team and Chairperson of Internal Performance Assessment Team during the development of two strategic planning of the University implemented from 2005-2010 and 2011-2019, In August 2018, I was transferred to African Leadership Excellence Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where I worked as lecturer to PhD students and researcher for three years till December 31, 2021. Since January 1, 2022, till now I am working at Ethiopian Civil Service University in Addis Ababa as Mentor of PhD students in the department of Development Economics, researcher, Coordinator of PhD program in Development Economics, and Chief Editor, for Journal of Finance, Management, and Development published by the University. In addition to my permanent jobs in three higher education, I also serve as supervisor and external examiner of PhD students dissertations in different Universities of Ethiopia. At present I am supervising 14 PhD students’ dissertations and I examined 6 dissertations. Moreover, in my 24 years of service in Higher education institutions, I managed to visit Hull University Business School, Galilee College, University of Amsterdam, Maastricht School of Management, and Rennes University, get training in different areas, and collaborated in project and research works. Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie (PhD), April 11, 2024

Awards & Certificates

BA Degree in Economics

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa University

1994

I got the degree in July 1999

Certificate for completion of Change Agenda in Higher Education Institutions

Amsterdam, Addis Ababa, and Maastricht

VU University Amsterdam, African Institute of Management, Development, and Cooperation, and Maastricht School of Management

2006

The train was designed to capacitate the university leaders in Ethiopia. And this Top management training was composed of 3 modules conducted from July 2007 to November 2007; Module 1:, Leadership, management, and Accountability; Module 2: Organizational Development and Change and Performance Management and Module 3: Strategic Planning in Higher Education Institution, and Strategic Finance and Human Resource Management. The training duration on each module was for 2 weeks

Certificate of completion for Capacity Building in Universities

Hull city

Hull University Business School

2005

The training was conducted for 2 weeks from October 12 to 26, 2006. the training was on how to forage partnership and linkage with other Universities, internationalization of a higher education, and build the human resource and educational resources capacity of a university

Skills

Higher Education Training 1. Bachelor of Art (BA) degree in Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, July 1999 2. Masters of Science in Economics (Specialized in Economic Policy Analysis), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, July 2003 3. PhD in Economics, Andhra University, India, February 2014 Short-term Certificate Level trainings 1. Grant writing workshop (Certificate from BVGH, USA) 2. Teacher Training Workshop (Certificate from Maastricht School of management, MSM, The Netherlands) 3. Executive Project management Workshop( Certificate, from University of South Africa, UNISA, Graduate School of Business Leadership) 4. Transformational Leadership (Ethiopian Management Institute) 5. Entrepreneurship Training Workshop (Micro and Small enterprises Development Agency, Ethiopia and UNDP) 6. Workshop in Proposal Writing (From MDF, The Netherlands) 7. Management of Higher Education Institutions seminar (From Galilee College, Israel) 8. Governance, Leadership, and Management Workshop (From VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 9. Change Agenda in Higher Education Institutions (From VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 10. Capacity Building in Universities (From The University of Hull, England)