Eze, Nonyelum Lina

Nonyelum Lina Eze (Lina) has completed his Ph.D. degree entitled "Informal institutions and their influences on the family, the family business, and ethnic group: A macro-, meso-, and micro-context investigation" on the 4th March 2021 (Esade Business School, Spain). She holds a Master of Research in Management Sciences (Esade Business School, Spain), Master of Science in Environmental Diagnostic (Cranfield University, UK), and Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (University of Benin, Nigeria). Lina's recently published work explored the roles of religion and tradition for transgenerational entrepreneurship in family businesses in a developing context that is not prevalent in mainstream literature. Other research works in her pipeline are the influences of informal institutions on the family and family business and the ethnic perspective of entrepreneurship propagation. Lina has received awards for her research work, such as the "Best Paper Award" at the workshop on Family Firm Management (EIASM 2018-Cyprus) and the "Best Family Business Paper" award from the Entrepreneurship Division at Academy of Management 2019 (Boston, US). She is currently a postdoctoral researcher attached to the Esade Entrepreneurship Institute.

Besides her academic career, Lina has had several years of experience working with family businesses in Nigeria in different sectors and positions. She has worked in the banking sector, various consulting firms, and an Information Technology firm that she co-founded and still serves as a board member.