Started my primary and JHS education at Watania JHS in Aboabo, Kumasi. Went to secondary school at Armed Forces Secondary Technical School, Kumasi. Proceeded to study HND accountancy at Kumasi Technical University. Obtained Bsc. Accounting at KNUST. Studied and became a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London in 2011. Joined the Association of Chartered Accountants Ghana in 2021. Worked with Vodafone Ghana for almost nine- years. Studies MPhil in Accounting at KNUST. And currently a third-year Ph.D. Accounting student at KNUST. A member of the grant committee of Faculty of Business Education.

Academic Qualifications

• • MPhil Accounting
  • BSc. Accounting
  • HND Accounting
  • Diploma in Education

Professional Affiliations/ Memberships

• • Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London
  • Member,  Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICA-G)

Teaching Interests

• • Corporate reporting
  • Management Accounting
  • Taxation

Research Interests and Supervision

• • Accounting quality/ Earnings quality
  • Environmental Taxation
  • Environmental quality
  • Female Directors
  • Corporate governance
  • Cash holding

Selected Publications

• • Kamil, R., & Appiah, K. O. (2022). Board gender diversity and cost of debt: do firm size and industry type matter?. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 37(1), 19-38.
• • Odediyah, M., Appiah, K. O., & Kamil, R. (2021). Firm cash holdings in emerging economics: does corporate governance matter?. EuroMed Journal of Management, 4(1), 72-88.
• • Appiah, K. O., Tetteh, S. K., & Kamil, R. (2020). Auditor type and IAS 1 compliance nexus: do size and industry effects matter?. International Journal of Accounting and Finance, 10(4), 190-211.