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Prof. Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, a Professor of Law, a Barrister, and a Solicitor, is the Vice-chancellor, of MUG. Having been appointed to the position, he assumed official duty on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, an S.J.D in Corporate Law from the University of Toronto, Canada; an LLM in Human Rights from the University of Saskatchewan; a Qualifying Certificate for Enrollment as Barrister and Solicitor from Ghan School of Law; and an LLB degree from the University of Ghana.

Prof. Bpndzi-Simpson has over (30) thirty years of working experience in consulting and education. He was the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Law and Dean of the School of Business at the University of Cape Coast. He was the Director of Legal Services and investigations at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and a Senior Lecturer at the Ghana Schools of Law.

He has also been heavily involved in teaching and promoting higher education in institutions such as Kofi Annan Internation Peacekeeping Center, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Ghana,(GIMPA), Police College, North Carolina Central University School of Law, and Central University.

Prof. Bondzi-Simpson is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, where he has served as the Chairman of its Committee on Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development, a member of the University Teachers Association of Ghana, a member of the International Association of Law Schools’ Deans Forum and the convener on the Conference of Law Deans (Ghana). 

He has specialised training in the areas of Humans Rights and Humanitarian Law, Governance of Higher Education Institutions, Project Management, Senior Academic Leadership Training, Management of Higher Education Institutions, International Law and Relations, Securities selling and Investment Advice, and Public International Law.