Prof. Kami S.P. Rwegasira, PhD

Short Profile

Professor of Financial Management and Accounting at Maastricht School of Management (MSM). MSM Associate Dean (1996-2003) responsible for Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Degree studies Division including the DBA European-American as well as Global outreach DBA programs. Member MSM Management Team (1990-2006) . He joined MSM in 1987 and until 1994 he was the head of MBA Degree Studies Division and head of the Accounting & Finance Professional Cell at MSM. For the period 1994-97 he was Associate Dean for PhD/ DBA Degree Studies and Research. He pioneered and led the initial design, introduction and establishment of several key degree programs at MSM including the DBA program in 1996 and the MBA (accounting and finance) in 1992. He holds MBA, M.Phil., and PhD in finance from Columbia University Graduate Business School in New York city (USA). He has practical experience in financial planning in industry and as a financial analyst in the banking sector. He has taught in several countries at various universities and institutions of higher learning including the City University of New York (USA) and Slough College (UK) as well as University of Dar es Salaam, ESAMI (Arusha) and the IFM (Dar) of which he was the deputy and interim Director (CEO). He served as a board member of more than ten and Board Chairman of four national parastatal and private enterprises in Tanzania. He has consulted for various international institutions including the World Bank, UN-DTCD (New York) and ILO (Geneva) as well as national governments, including the Dutch, Norwegian, Pakistan and Tanzanian government. His field work experience has been in various regions of the world including Europe, China, Brazil, Peru as well as countries in the Middle-East, Eastern and Southern Africa and South- East Asia. He has published five books and many articles in the area of finance and management. His research interests are in the broad areas of finance as well as control and governance systems. He teaches managerial finance, management control systems, portfolio management and international business finance as well as research methods. He is enlisted and/or profiled in, among others, Who is Who in European Executive Education (IMEC Publishing, NL), Harvard International Directory of Business Management Scholars and Research (HBS Publishing USA) and the Directory of Development Researchers in NL (NUFFIC/CIRAN, The Hague).

Contact

Room: 345
Email: Rwegasira@msm.nl
Tel: +31 43 38 70 883