Alana Twum-Barimah
Assistant Professor of Law and Management, Business Management Studies
Biography
Mrs. Alana Twum-Barimah (LLM, LEC, LLB, BSC., AML/CA, C.Dir) is an Attorney-at-Law who serves as Assistant Professor of Law and Management at Saint George’s University. Her past work experience includes the roles of Corporate Secretary/Executive Manager Legal and Compliance at Grenada Co-operative Bank Limited, Senior Legal Counsel (Government of Grenada) and Registrar (Government of Grenada). Mrs. Twum-Barimah is the President of the Board of Ariza Credit Union, Grenada and a Director of the Alpha Junior School.
Mrs. Twum-Barimah graduated from the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Laws (Upper Second Class Honours); from the Hugh Wooding Law School with a Legal Education Certificate (Principal’s List) and from the University of Liverpool with an LLM in International Business Law (Merit honours). Mrs. Twum-Barimah is also the holder of a Bsc. in Psychology with a minor in Management (Magna Cum Laude) from Cameron University.
Mrs. Twum-Barimah is a certified Director from the Caribbean Governance Training Institute and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Compliance specialist with FIBA. Mrs. Twum-Barimah’s research interests cover areas such as the Law of International Financial Crimes, Contract and Banking law, Hospitality and Tourism Law, Caribbean Integration Law, International Trade Law and Constitutional Law. With a passion for legal research, writing and teaching, she is a Ph.D. student at the University of Birmingham with a concentration in Banking Law.
Mrs. Twum-Barimah lectures in the area of Business Law, International Trade, International Business Law, Hospitality and Tourism Law and Ethics at the bachelor level. She also teaches Legal Aspects of International Business at the masters level.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Banking and Contract Law
- Caribbean Integration Law and European Union Law
- International Trade Law
- Data Privacy Law and the law of e-commerce
- International Trade Law
- The law of Hospitality and Tourism
- Law of International Financial Crimes
- Constitutional Law
- Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)
- Corporate Governance
Affiliations
- April 22, 2002, Psi Chi - Psychological National Honor Society, Cameron University, Lawton Oklahoma
Selected Publications
No publications available.
Selected Projects
- Speaker at the 21st Annual Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop (CCLW) – A look at the UNCITRAL and the EU Model on Electronic Contracts: Shaping a Digital Future for the CSME (July 23rd, 2024).
- Current Project: The legal implications of the use of AI as a human resource management and screening tool.
- Current Project: An overview of the Grenada’s Data Protection Act to assess the strategies for practical application of the provisions of the Act to implementation in corporate Grenada.
- Student led research project: The Use of Mediation in the Resolution of International Business Disputes in the Eastern Caribbean: A Paradigmatic Shift in International Dispute Settlement
- Ph.D. student – University of Birmingham (Banking Law) Research area: The Quincecare duty: Comparative Perspectives
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