Professors Douglas Boateng (MSc, EngD, FCILT, FSOE, IPlantE, FCIPS, FCMI, FIC, Finst.D, FIOM, FCIPS, FloD, CDir, CDir), is an international chartered director, industrialist, business strategist. industrial and operations engineer, adjunct academic, and a seasoned social entrepreneur. He holds a Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction, a master’s in industrial and manufacturing Logistics Systems and a Doctorate in Engineering. He was Africa’s first-ever appointed Professor Extraordinaire for supply chain management, governance, and Industrialisation. With extensive experience and expertise in corporate governance, Director development, strategy. supply chain management and procurement, value chain relationships and trade development, he has successfully held several multi-sectorial C-Suite and chairmanship positions in various industries and government sectors. Prof. Boateng is the nonexecutive chairman of Ghana’s Mineral Income and Investment Fund (MIIF) Under his supervisory leadership. the fund has grown from Assets under Management (AUM) $180m to over $1 BILLION* within 22 months. He is also the non-executive chairman of Labadi Beach Hotel, a state-owned 5-star hotel currently one of the most profitable and admired for service quality in the ECOWAS sub-region. Under his guidance, the hotel has continuously declared record dividends to the state. Prof Douglas Boateng has been inducted into various global institutional and organisational Wans of fame. Among them is the Institute of Directors Southern Africa (2008) for his worldwide contribution to logistics, supply chain governance and management. For various groundbreaking awareness campaigns, leadership roles. mentorships. public speaking and thought-provoking publications and books on supply chain management governance, strategic sourcing, and its inextricable link to industriaisation and long-term economic development. he has also been honoured with over six (6) independent lifetime achiever’s awards from various global organisations including Hewlett Packard (2018). He is the Founder of PanAvest International, the founding non-executive chairman of MY-future YOUR-Future and OUR-Future (“MYO”) and the originator and wordsmith for the highly popular daily NyansaKasa (“words of wisdom”). which has over a million global daily readers and followers aiming to inspire themselves and others for mindset change in support Of the IJNSDGS and long-term inclusive development. Other notable roles include an adjunct industrialization and supply chain governance professor at the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT).