Anthony Essel-Anderson (Ph.D)
Full-time Faculty & Acting Head of Economics & Business Administration
Anthony Essel-Anderson has over fifteen years of experience in university teaching, professional accountancy teaching, academic research, curriculum development and evaluation, student research supervision, professional examinations, and professional development training/workshop facilitation. Anthony has taught most of the courses in accounting and finance in the Business Administration program since joining Ashesi in 2008. As a professional accountant in academia, Anthony blends theory with practice in his course modules to transform students into industry-relevant graduates while contributing to advancing business-related theories.
Anthony’s educational profile cuts across academic and professional training. He holds a PhD in Accounting, an MPhil in Accounting, and a BSc in Administration from the University of Ghana. He has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) since completing the professional qualification examination in May 2008. Anthony has served in several positions at Ashesi, including the Chair of the Academic Programmes Committee, Academic Advisor of the Business Administration Department, Accounting & Finance Lead, member of the Quality Assurance Committee, and Acting Head of the Department of Economics and Business Administration.
Anthony’s research interests are in taxation, education, and finance. He has published research articles on accounting education and taxation in rated research journals. He has also co-authored case studies on Ghanaian businesses. He is currently working on sustainability-related research projects in business and finance.
Anthony is a seasoned resource person for business and finance training workshops. He has facilitated Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training modules of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) on Microsoft Excel, Financial Modelling, Risk Management, and Working Capital Management. He has also facilitated in-house professional development training modules on Financial Modelling, Financial Projections, Business Valuations, Data Analytics, and Microsoft Office tools like Excel, Excel Macros/VBA, and Power BI for the Finance staff of several organisations in Ghana.
- Financial Accounting
- Investments
- Managerial Accounting
- Venture Capital Investment
- International Finance
- Batrancea, L., Nichita, A., Olsen, J., Kogler, C., Kirchler, E., Hoelzl, E., … [and 53 others including Essel-Anderson, A.] (October 2019). Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations. Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 74, 102191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.102191
- Owusu, G.M.Y., Essel-Anderson, A., Ossei Kwakye, T., Bekoe, R.A., and Ofori, C.G. (2018), Factors influencing career choice of tertiary students in Ghana: A comparison of science and business majors, Education + Training, Vol. 60 No. 9, pp.992-1008, https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-04-2017-0050
- Bekoe, R.A., Owusu, G.M.Y., Ofori, C.G., Essel-Anderson, A., and Welbeck, E.E. (2018), Attitudes towards accounting and intentions to major in Accounting: a logistic regression analysis, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 459-475, https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-01-2018-0006
- Spio, A.E., and Essel-Anderson, A. (2015). “UT Financial Services: Looking for the next mountain to conquer”. London, Ontario: Ivey Publishing. https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/W15379-PDF-ENG
MPhil in Accounting, University of Ghana, December 2008.
BSc in Administration, University of Ghana, June 2005.
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana: contributed to corporate decision-making as a member of the ICT Committee of the 2014-2016 and 2016-2018 Councils of the Institute; serves as a resource person for the Institute’s Continuous Professional Development workshops; plays varied roles in the Institute’s professional examinations.
- WomensTrust LBG, a not-for-profit organisation based in Ghana and USA: provided strategic direction and contributed to corporate-level decision-making in the position of Chair (June 2017 to August 2020); Vice Chair (February 2016 – May 2017), and member of the Ghana Board of Directors (January 2015 to date).
