Alim Abubakre is a British-Nigerian senior lecturer in International Business at Sheffield Business School. Prior to working at Coventry University, he was a lecturer at the University of Southampton and Nottingham Management School. He belongs to the Advancing Higher Education Academy as a Senior Fellow (HEA). He graduated from the University of Leicester with a Master of Business Administration.He serves as the non-executive chair of These Executive Minds and is a member of the advisory board for the London Business School Africa Club.
He is a researcher whose work focuses on governance, social issues, and the environment. He was chosen as one of the top 100 Virgin Media up-and-coming entrepreneurs in the UK in 2010. He is also a Certified Management & Business Educator and Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs. He worked with the Poverty Reduction Agency, supported by the World Bank, in Nigeria.