He was born on Friday, August 12, 1955.
George holds a B.Sc in Sociology from University of Ibadan in 1979 and M.Sc in Industrial Sociology in 1981, from the same university.
He also holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, MPhil in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management and Ph.D. from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
He started his teaching career in University of Lagos in 2011 as a Lecturer I in the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences and rose through the ranks to become a Professor in 2021.
He has served the University in many capacities.
Prof. George served as External PhD Assessor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago -Iwoye, Ogun State; External Examiner, Crawford University, Faith City, Faith City, Igbesa, Ogun State; External Assessor, Yaba College of Technology, Department of Business Administration; Electoral Commissioner for The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State East Senatorial District in the 2015 General Election.
George has also supervised over 500 MSc, MA, EMBA and MBA students/candidates to completion on Nigerian, The Netherlands and United Kingdom universities.
He is also a Visiting Faculty Member at the Lagos Business School, Pam Atlantic University, Lekki, Lagos.
Outside the walls of the university, he was on the Sales and Marketing team of Sona Breweries in the 1980s.
Besides, George is the Chief Executive Officer/Senior Partner of J.Soji-George and Co, a Business and Management Consulting firm.
The erudite scholar
holds memberships and fellowships in several prestigious professional bodies, including American Academy of Management; Africa Academy of Management; Nigerian Academy of Management; International Society of Development & Sustainability; and Chartered Institute of Loan & Risk Management of Nigeria.
He has published over 80 local and international academic journal papers as at 2024. One of his books, Impact of Culture on the Transfer of Management Practices, has won several awards and is currently being translated to Chinese and Japanese languages.
