Nkemdilim Iheanachor is a Professor of Strategy and Academic Director of the Senior Management Programme at Lagos Business School (LBS). He is renowned for his work at the intersection of strategy, international business, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation.

Professor Iheanachor brings a distinctive lens that integrates classical strategy and international business thinking with the realities of AI-driven competition and global complexity. He is recognised for arguing that AI is not a standalone technology initiative but a strategic capability that reshapes competitive advantage, global expansion, and business models, particularly in emerging and African markets.

His expertise is most relevant where organisations face cross-border complexity, digital disruption, and strategic uncertainty. Over the past decade, he has advised more than 200 private and public sector organisations across Africa on corporate and competitive strategy, international expansion, growth transformation and AI-enabled business model redesign. His work helps firms answer critical VUCA-era questions: how to compete globally from emerging markets, how to embed AI into core strategy rather than isolated pilots, and how to balance innovation, risk, and responsibility.

As an educator, Professor Iheanachor develops leaders who think strategically across markets and technologies. His programmes cultivate enterprise-wide thinking, strategic judgment under uncertainty, and the ability to integrate AI, data, and digital tools into international and organisational strategy. Participants leave with practical frameworks for redesigning value chains, leading transformation, and making informed decisions in complex global contexts. Beyond academia, his impact is evident in transformed strategies, executed growth initiatives, and strengthened digital capabilities across sectors, including financial services, telecommunications, consumer markets, and the public sector.

Professor Iheanachor leads the supply-side workstream of the Sustainable & Inclusive Digital Financial Services Initiative (SIDFS) at LBS, supported by the Gates Foundation, influencing industry practices and policy discussions on digital finance and inclusion. He is driven by a clear purpose: to develop globally minded leaders who use strategy and AI responsibly to build competitive organisations and create sustainable societal value.