Prof. Godwin is a multidisciplinary professional consultant of good repute with over 22 years’ experience and over 27 Professional qualifications, out of which 15 are from international professional bodies. He is the Chief Technical Consultant at SOW Professional Services Ltd and he is responsible for Professional and Technical solutions of the firms.
Before joining SOW Professinal as Director/Chief Technical Consultant, he is the Chief Technical Consultant at OGE Professional Services Ltd, and President/CEO at OGE Business School. Godwin is currently a Senior Lecturer/Director of Studies at Saint Monica University Nasarawa State University .
He was with the firm of Ibraheem Jimoh & Co Chartered Accountants as a Partner, Audit and Forensic Services; he was the Director- Tax, Forensic & Regulatory Services of Saffron Professional Services. He was the Head (Assistant Director) – Education, Research/Technical Department and Finance/ICT Department of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). Dr. Godwin was the Senior Analyst (Enterprise Risk Management & Control) at XL Management Services and the Accounts Manager (Head) at Bond Group of Companies.
Godwin had his compulsory professional accountancy training in the Firms of Adesina Adedayo & Co. Chartered Accountants and Gbolahan Oyegoke & Co Chartered Accountants.
He attended Osun State College of Technology Esa- Oke Osun State of Nigeria for his National Diploma (ND) in Financial Studies and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy. Also, he holds B.Sc. in Accounting Education of University of Ado- Ekiti, (now Ekiti State University) Nigeria and B.Sc Accounting & Finance (First Class) of Saint Monica University, Cameroon. He bagged his MBA in Finance & Accounting and M.Sc Business & Applied Economics (Finance) at Olabisi Onabanjo University and M.Sc. Accounting from Babcock University, Nigeria. He holds Master Tax Practitioner (MTP SA)’s qualification of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT).
Godwin holds Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in Finance of Saint Monica University, Cameroon and he also bagged another PhD. in Accounting at Babcock University. Nigeria.
Godwin is a sought after intellectual, who has presented over 450 technical/seminar papers in various conferences/training/seminars and he is an examiner to some professional bodies, both in Nigeria and aboard. He is a seasoned scholar-practitioner who is currently serving as an Advisory Council Member of Association of Fraud Examiner (ACFE), Austin, USA; he is the pioneer/current President/CEO of the Lagos Chapter of ACFE. He is the Chairman of Nigeria Board of the International Institute of Certified Forensic Investigation Professionals (IICFIP) USA. He is also a Governing Council member of both the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) and the Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN).
Prof. Godwin is a Board member of Audit, Investigation and Forensic Accounting Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).