UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Because A New World Needs New Ideas
AFRICA’S TOP BUSINESS SCHOOL
Setting the pace for business education in Africa for more than 50 years
The UCT Graduate School of Business is the business school of the University of Cape Town, South Africa's oldest university. It was established in 1964 and forms part of UCT’s Faculty of Commerce.
Our Leadership
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1966 - 1972
DR BOB BOLAND
FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE GSB“I came to Cape Town in August 1965 with the dream of developing a multi-racial Harvard Business School in Africa.”
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1976 - 1986
JOHN SIMPSON
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“The GSB was financially sound but academically a little shaky. We had to address this by providing more opportunities for research and by developing the ethos of the GSB as a seat of learning.”
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1986 - 1996
Kate Jowell
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“Companies now have to face issues of far broader concern than fair wages and grievance procedures.”
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1996 - 2006
NICK SEGAL
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“As is so often the case, we in South Africa have the opportunity to pioneer new approaches that bridge the developed and developing worlds.”
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2004 - 2009
Frank Horwitz
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“The strategic positioning of the school can never be a function solely of the director but is a collaborative effort by everyone working at the business school.”
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2009 - 2016
Walter Baets
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“There is a desperate need for a new way of thinking, a new way of doing and a new way of being in business.”
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2017 - 2018
Mills Soko
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“I am obsessed with ensuring that as Africa’s leading business school we not only stay at the top of the game, but we also remain relevant to the social, political, economic and business contexts in which we operate."
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2020 -
DR CATHERINE DUGGAN
UCT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DIRECTOR“There really is no other business school as well positioned as the UCT GSB to understand the challenges, build new narratives and drive positive change – not just in Africa but in the world.”
