Vice president and provost of Heritage christian university

Prof. Williams Abayaawien Atuilik

Heritage strives to be Africa’s flagship Christian University by fostering a transformative educational environment where faith, intellect, and leadership come together to empower students and alumni to develop their God given gifts and become ethical entrepreneurial leaders, equipped to serve God and neighbor with integrity and passion.
Professional Background
Williams Abayaawien Atuilik is Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance. He is Vice President & Provost of Heritage Christian University and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Heritage Christian University. Professor Atuilik is a Chartered Accountant, Barrister at Law, Chartered Tax Consultant, Chartered Banker, Chartered Economist and Chartered Economic Policy Analyst. He is the Senior Partner of Massim Consult, a Consulting firm that provides consulting & business advisory services, audit and assurance services, research services and training services. He is also a Partner of the law firm of Akanbek, Atuilik & Associates, a firm of barristers, solicitors and tax consultants.
Williams has been involved in several consultancies through the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana), African Development Bank, the World Bank, USAID, WHO, DFID, Massim Consult and on his own as an independent consultant. He has provided consulting services in Ghana, South Africa, Liberia, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Botswana, and Bangladesh in the fields of governance and leadership, accounting and financial Management with emphasis on Public Financial Management, International Public Sector Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards.
He has worked in various capacities in the past including: PFM Consultant for the World Bank providing support to Bangladesh to implement Cash Basis IPSAS; Public Finance Manager for the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) (providing PFM support to PAFA member countries within the African region), PFM Workstream Lead for the Ghana Oil & Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) programme funded by DFID working to strengthen government institutions responsible for the management of Ghana’s oil & gas revenue; PFM Specialist for World Health Organisation (WHO) in Puntland and Somaliland, Senior Lecturer in Public Financial Management in Liberia, PFM consultant to the Ministry of Finance in Somalia, Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Finance in Liberia, Chief Financial Officer of Village of Hope (an NGO that runs an orphanage, clinic, farms and schools); Audit Manager at Adom Boafo & Associates; Accountant at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, and Legal Practitioner at the Law Offices of Kwame Agati.
Academic Experience
Prof. Atuilik has over 25 years of teaching experience and over 35 publications to his credit. He has lectured and served as Examiner and Moderator in Accounting and Law courses in various institutions and universities in Ghana and Liberia including: the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana), the Chartered Institute of Bankers (Ghana), University of Ghana Business School, Methodist University Ghana, All Nations University, Institute of Local Government Studies, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, African University of Communications and Business; Islamic University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Zenith University College, Centre for Business Studies, University of Liberia, Stella Maris Polytechnic, Liberia Institute of Certified Public Accountants, etc.
Education
Prof. Atuilik holds the following academic qualifications: Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting) (Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America); Master of Science in Public Financial Management (School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom); Master of Science in Business Administration (Finance) (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra, Ghana); Master of Arts in Economic Policy Management (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana); Executive Certificate in Leadership from Stanford University, Executive Leadership Certificate from Berkeley University of California Executive Certificate in Public Financial Management in a Changing World (Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America); Bachelors of Law Degree (LLB) (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana); Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting) (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana).
Professional Associations/Memberships
Prof. Atuilik is affiliated with the following professional bodies in the capacity indicated beside each: Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana)-FCA; Fellow of Chartered Institute of Bankers (Ghana)-FCIB; Fellow of Chartered Institute of Taxation (Ghana)-FCIT; Member of Ghana Bar Association-BL; Fellow of Ghana Institute of Management-FGIM; Member of Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountancy (CIPFA)-CPFA; Fellow of Association of Chartered & Certified Economists-CEPA and FCCE; Honorary Fellow of Institute of Directors, Ghana-FIoD-Gh. (Hon.); Member of Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors-IP; Member of the Liberian Institute of Certified Public Accountants-CPA; and Member of Institute of Internal Auditors-MIIA.
Governance
He serves as chairman of the following governing Boards: Massim Group of Companies; Alhert Insurance Brokerage Limited; and Centre for Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy & Ethics. He is a member of the following boards: Intravenous Infusion PLC; Hope College and the National Sustainability Reporting Implementation Committee of Ghana.
At Heritage Christian University (HCU), he is a member of the Academic Board, the Executive Committee of the Academic Board; Chairman of the following Committees of the Academic Board: Appointments and Promotions Committee for Senior/Junior staff; Examinations Committee; Admissions Committee; Library Committee; Institutional Review Board; and Member of HCU’s Council Finance sub-committee.
He served previously as the President of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana; and on the following other boards: Fumbisi Senior High and Agriculture School; International Maritime Hospital; Office of the Registrar of Companies; Tema Oil Refinery Limited; University of Ghana; Heritage Christian College; Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA); Association of Accountancy Bodies of West Africa (ABWA); and Chairman of the Audit Committees of the Securities & Exchange Commission, Ghana and the Office of the Attorney General Department and Ministry of Justice. He served as a member of the following Audit Committees: Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation and also as a member of the of Ghana IPSAS implementation Committee.