Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah (from Ghana) is a lecturer at the Department of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney. Yaw conducts research into sustainable supply chain management with a focus on modern slavery, performance measurement, and circular supply chain management.

His research has been published in prestigious journals, including Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, The International Journal of Logistics Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, and Business Strategy & the Environment.

He is ranked among Stanford and Elsevier’s top 2% of scientists in the world (2025 edition). Yaw's research has won him the Outstanding Paper award in the 2025 Emerald Literati Awards for Benchmarking: An International Journal. His research has also gained broader recognition through policy reports, emphasising its impact and relevance beyond academia. Yaw’s research has been featured in influential international policy reports such as:

• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Financing SMEs for Sustainability, (2022).
• The European Union for Sustainability, SME Disclosure on Taxonomy Alignment, (2024).

He currently serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several reputable academic journals, such as Journal of Business Ethics, Leadership Quarterly, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Production Research, Business and Society, and Business Strategy & the Environment.