Kenneth Amaeshi, Nigerian-born professor of sustainable business at the University of Edinburgh, has been named professor of sustainable finance and governance at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.
The academic is the first Nigerian to be appointed in the role at the institution.
The European University Institute was set up in 1972 by the founding members of the European communities “to cultivate high-level contributors to academics and policy-making who will shape social progress and the advancement of the European spirit”.
Amaeshi, a native of…