I started my primary and JHS education at Watania JHS in Aboabo, Kumasi. I obtained my secondary school certificate at Armed Forces Secondary Technical School, Kumasi. I proceeded to study HND accountancy at Kumasi Technical University. Obtained a BSc. and MPhil in Accounting at KNUST. Obtained a Ph.D. in Business and Management (Accounting) at KNUST. I am a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London. A member of the Association of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG). Worked with Ghana Telecom and Vodafone Ghana for almost nine years. A member of the grant committee of the Faculty of Business Education.

Academic Qualifications

• • PhD. Business and Management (Accounting)
  • MPhil Accounting
  • BSc. Accounting
  • HND Accounting
  • Diploma in Education

Professional Affiliations/ Memberships

• • Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London
  • Member,  Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG)

Teaching Interests

• • Corporate reporting
  • Management Accounting
  • Taxation

Research Interests and Supervision

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

Selected Publications

• • Kamil, R., Appiah, K. O., Agana, J. A., and Saeed, U. F. (2025). Advancing carbon neutrality agenda: Does governance quality and environmental tax matter? Evidence from novel MMQR and heterogeneous analysis. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-30.
  • Saeed, U. F., Kamil, R., and Wiredu, I. (2025). The roles of ICT and governance quality in the finance-growth nexus of developing countries: a dynamic GMM approach. Cogent Economics & Finance, 13(1), 2448228.
  • Kamil, R., Saeed, U.F., Essel, F.K. and Nagriwum, T.M. (2024). Net‐Zero Transition Pathways in Belt and Road Economies: Insights from Threshold Effects and Heterogeneous Analysis. Environmental Quality Management, 34(2), p.e22335.
  • Saeed, U.F., Kamil, R. and Wiredu, I. (2024). The moderating role of technological innovation on ownership structure, financing decisions and environmental accounting disclosure. Cogent Business & Management, 11(1), p.2396543.
  • Anaba, S., Kamil, R. and Appiah, K. O. (2024). Do Bank Governance Mechanisms and Financial Report Lag Affect Audit Quality? Journal of African Business, pp.1-20.
  • Kamil, R., and Appiah, K. O. (2021). Board Gender Diversity and Cost of Debt: Do Firm Size and Industry type matter? Gender in Management: An International Journal
  • Odediyah, M., Appiah, K. O., and 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., and 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.