**Mr. Paul Ejike Udeozor** is a Nigerian development finance, accounting, business development, research, project management, and monitoring and evaluation specialist with more than ten years of professional experience in **Development Finance, Accounting and Finance, MSME Development, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Socio-Economic Impact Assessment**. He holds an M.Sc. in Finance and a B.Sc. in Accounting from Nasarawa State University, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Administration specializing in Monitoring and Evaluation from the University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre. He also holds HND and ND qualifications in Accounting from Abia State Polytechnic and is currently pursuing a **Ph.D. in Accounting at Nasarawa State University, Keffi**. His professional experience includes serving as Project Manager for NBRRI socio-economic impact assessment projects, Project Coordinator for the evaluation of Central Bank of Nigeria intervention funds, Business Development Manager, and Trainer/Business Development Specialist at the CBN Entrepreneurship Development Centre. He has extensive practical experience in feasibility studies, business-plan development, financial modelling, funding proposals, enterprise development, MSME consultancy, stakeholder engagement, field research, and linkage of businesses to development finance institutions.Mr. Udeozor’s research interests encompass **Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, ESG and Sustainability Reporting, Taxation and Tax Aggressiveness, Audit Quality, Financial Reporting, Firm Value, Dividend Policy, Banking and Financial Institutions, Development Finance, MSMEs, Entrepreneurship, Impact Evaluation, and Monitoring and Evaluation**. His academic research has examined corporate governance and financial performance of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria, the moderating role of tax aggressiveness, ESG disclosure and firm value, audit quality, dividend policy, corporate social responsibility, and other contemporary accounting and finance issues. He has substantial expertise in quantitative and econometric research, including panel-data analysis, Fixed and Random Effects models, PCSE, FGLS, Hausman specification tests, and statistical diagnostics, with proficiency in Stata, SPSS, and Microsoft Excel. His professional research and project work has also involved government interventions, constituency projects, entrepreneurship programmes, and private-sector initiatives, enabling him to connect empirical research with practical policy and business-development recommendations. His combined academic and professional experience makes him well suited for research and peer review in **Accounting, Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial Management, Development Finance, Banking, Auditing, ESG and Sustainability, Financial Reporting, Taxation, Entrepreneurship, MSME Development, Business Development, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Socio-Economic Impact Assessment**.