ALLAN GRAY CENTRE FOR VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP

Allan Gray Centre Associate (United Kingdom)

Professor of Leadership, Coaching and Change Management at Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK), a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Masters Coach, and was an AGC Visiting Professor and AGC Speaker Series event speaker. She acts as an external examiner for GSB MBA courses, Masters dissertations, and PhD theses, and is currently conducting research with Prof. Kurt April and Dr. Babar Dharani of the AGC into Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi & Imperfection in Leaders – with the intention of publishing peer-reviewed academic papers emanating from such research; also, the three of them were co-editors of a special edition throughout 2024 on ‘Identity Work in Coaching’ for the peer-reviewed journal, Frontiers in Psychology.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Special Adiser to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, previous Interim Director of the GSB, previous Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UCT, and previous Dean of the Faculty of Law at UCT, has been a Moderator/Speaker on the Allan Gray Speaker Series, and has agreed to do guest lecturing on the GSB core Leadership course and the Advanced Leadership elective on behalf of the AGC.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

V20 South Africa Chairperson, and previously a Senior Lecturer in the Allan Gray Centre at the Graduate School of Business (UCT). An author, educator, and integral coach, she is currently completing a two-book series on Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Transformation with Prof. Kurt April, helps the AGC set up venues and speakers for the Speaker Series, and acts as a moderator for both AGC taught courses, and is an external examiner for Masters dissertations and PhD theses of AGC academics.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Türkiye)

Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University (Turkey). His research lies at the intersection of organisational sociology and critical management studies, where he explores power dynamics, marginalisation, and resistance within organisational settings – engaging issues to do with voice, silencing, and the lived experiences of individuals and groups who are excluded or underrepresented in mainstream organisational discourse. He is collaborating on a number of research projects with Prof. April and other AGC Associates related to decolonising management education, challenging organisational power and inequality, intersectionality, relatability, and women in leadership.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Netherlands)

Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices in the Faculty of Religion and Theology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands). He delivers a number of lectures to the GSB MBAs on behalf of the AGC, acts as an external examiner, co-authored book chapters (2024; 2025) with Prof. Kurt April on Spirituality, Religion, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Southern African Context’, and made a chapter contribution in Dr. Daya & Prof. April’s 2021 book on 12 Lenses into Diversity in South Africa.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (United States of America)

Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing at the Kogod School of Business, American University (USA). Prof. Grier is the Co-Founder and President of the Race in the Marketplace (RIM) Research Network (of which AGC academics are members), and her expertise spans issues of race, diversity, and equity at the intersection of markets and society, and examines racial dynamics underlying consumption issues. She shares her research in academic journals, photographic narratives, documentary films, and in the currently-developed 2025 AGC poetry book on DEI.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Previous Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UCT and previous Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford (UK), has developed a set of case-videos (for classroom teaching and for placing on the AGC website) of leaders who are known to operate and run their organisations from a values-based perspective, designs and convenes a course for visiting New York University Stern Business School MBA students on the just transition to sustainable energy and reducing economic inequality, assists the UCT Online High School to enable equitable access to education, and also lectures GSB students on behalf of the AGC in the Advanced Leadership Elective. He also wrote a chapter on ‘Restoring the Agency of Voice’ for the AGC edited book (KR Publishers) on Values-Driven Entrepreneurship for Societal Impact.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (United Kingdom)

Associate Dean for Global Networks and Innovation, and previously Deputy Dean at Saïd Business School and who leads the collaborative research, with the AGC, from the University of Oxford (UK), into Self-Care, and has also co-authored a research book entitled: The Poetic Journey of Self-Leadership: Leadership Development Along Stages of Psychological Growth with Dr. Babar Dharani and Prof. Kurt April, which was published in 2021. She also ensures that some AGC academics engage with University of Oxford EMBAs on their Emerging Economy Tours to South Africa.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Germany)

Chair of Psychology, and Programme Director of the Master in Management Programme, at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). His research and work in motivational phenomena overlap with Dr. Dharani’s- and Prof. April’s work in motivational phenomena. He was an AGC Speaker Series event speaker, and spent part of his sabbatical at the GSB and Allan Gray Centre in February 2024.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (United Kingdom)

Arts-based healer, facilitator and researcher. They use creativity-art, drama, and writing-to support grassroots leadership, youth engagement, and social justice, focussing on themes such as gender, sexuality, hunger and poverty. Gabriel co-founded the Creative Change Laboratory (CCoLAB), a space for art, healing, and resistance. They are currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Brighton, exploring how creativity can empower and heal LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Switzerland)

A Postdoctoral Scholar (ESKAS) at the University of Bern in Switzerland, and previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. She is also a Fulbright Alumna from Vanderbilt University, Nashville in the USA, and was previously recognised as one of Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans in the Civil Society category. Her research in organisational behaviour, intersectionality, identity work, embodiment, and aesthetic labour, overlaps with the work of Dr. Babar Dharani and Prof. Kurt April, with whom she continues to collaborate and publish.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

The Anglican Archbishop, conducts research with the AGC into diverse spirituality practices in African workplaces, and has been a Speaker on the Allan Gray Speaker Series, as well as a regular guest lecturer on the MBA core Leadership course, as well as on the Advanced Leadership elective course on behalf of the AGC. Archbishop Makgoba has published a number of academic articles with AGC academics and Associates on issues relating to spirituality, religion, diversity & inclusion, as well as the environment.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

CEO of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), Board Member of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation (AGOF), and previously was the Managing Director of the Black Management Forum (BMF). A chartered accountant, Mx. Mavuso is also a Non-Executive Director of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA), and Resultant Finance (a PIC investee company), and has been a Speaker on the Allan Gray Speaker Series.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (United States of America)

Adjunct Lecturer at the GSB, is the co-Founder & CEO of Resilience Technologies Inc, a climate tech start-up, Board Chair of Shared Interest – investing in Southern African black-owned SME enterprises to advance economic, racial and gender justice, and Senior Fellow (Loomis Innovation) at the Henry S. Stimson Center. She is a regular guest speaker on the MBA core Leadership and Advanced Leadership elective courses.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Advisor for Women’s Economic & Financial Inclusion in the Presidency of South Africa, Co-Chair of the Women’s Economic Assembly, CEO of KB Media & Development Communications, has been a Speaker on the Allan Gray Speaker Series, and delivers a number of lectures and seminars on behalf of the AGC, both at the GSB, the broader UCT, as well as with some external organisations.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Canada)

Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business at Queen’s University in Canada. He has been a Speaker on the Allan Gray Speaker Series, acts as a regular external examiner for GSB Masters dissertations and PhD theses for students supervised by AGC academics, and has invited AGC academics on global journal editorial boards, as well as encouraged proposals from AGC academics to be involved in global research projects.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (United States of America)

President & CEO of The ONE Campaign (Washington DC, USA), Executive Chair of Sahel (Nigeria), and Board Member of the Rockefeller Foundation (USA). She is the author of “Social Innovation in Africa: A Practical Guide for Scaling Impact” (Routledge), has been a Speaker on the Allan Gray Speaker Series, been a Keynote Speaker at GSB Conferences, as well as a guest lecturer on the Advanced Leadership elective course on behalf of the AGC.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Untited Kingdom)

Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Brunel Business School (UK), was a AGC’s Visiting Professor for a number of years, lectures GSB MBA students on the core Leadership courses and the Advanced Leadership Elective, was an AGC Speaker Series event speaker, acts as an external examiner for GSB Masters dissertations and PhD theses, has published a number of academic papers internationally with Prof. April, and is currently conducting collaborative research with Prof. Kurt April into Transforming Business Schools in South Africa, Inclusive Leadership, Whiteness in the South African Private Sector, Care & Compassion in Capitalism, as well as The Underrepresentation of Women in Senior Management Roles Across Africa, and has invited AGC academics’ contributions to edited books and journals.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Founder & CEO of The Agents Group, a technology company advancing cognitive distributed artificial intelligence across domains including geospatial analytics, security, social systems, and digital health. She is also the Research Lead of Agents Laboratory, the Group’s AI Research Institution, which focuses on human-centred cognitive systems, complex adaptive intelligence, and responsible AI. Under her leadership, the Laboratory has pioneered the Artificial Mind Engine (AME) platform. Dr. Potgieter collaborates closely with Prof. April, who serves as a Research Associate at the Laboratory. She has co-authored peer-reviewed work with Assoc. Prof. Camaren Peter and Prof. Kurt April, and has delivered thought leadership on governance, ethics, and AI futures through the Allan Gray Centre’s public engagement series.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Founder and CEO of eValue Strategic Organisational Surveys, an online (SaaS) subscription-based feedback scorecard, and is also the Finance Director of bountiXP, a digital rewards and recognition platform, as well as an Executive Member in the Office of Strategy Management for Achievement Awards Group (AAG), and who allows for the usage of an electronic (quantitative and qualitative) platform for Mx. Amanda April and Prof. April’s Leadership Enhancement & Action Framework, which all MBAs at the GSB complete as part of the core Leadership course.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Associate Professor in the Department of Education Leadership and Management, as well as Chairperson of the Faculty Transformation Committee at the University of Johannesburg. Prof. Seyama specialises in critical leadership theory and decolonial leadership, seeking to explicitly illuminate the bright and dark side of leadership by inserting critical performativity, consciousness for organisations’ future-fitness (digital transformation) and inclusive leadership, power in leadership, and critical personal branding. She lectures GSB MBA students on the core DEI courses, was an AGC Speaker Series event speaker, and is currently collaborating with AGC academics and Associates on research related to: The anti-black agenda: The evolution of DEI in Southern African education.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Managing Director of The CONDUIT People Solutions, a Mohair Farmer, Executive Coach, a Podcaster and an Author, and previously was the Vice-President & Chief People Officer at Massmart (South Africa), Group Human Reources Director at the Rhodes Food Group (South Africa), and Executive Director at Engen Petroleum Botswana. She delivers a number of lectures and seminars on behalf of the AGC, focusing on gender and leadership, self-leadership and personal purpose.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Namibia)

Lecturer in HRM, Decolonial Theory and Race in the Workplace at The International University of Management (IUM) in Namibia. Dr. Sihela has lectured on MBA courses covened by AGC academics (in Leadership, as well as in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), and is currently busy (with Prof. Kurt April) with three collaborative research projects: (1) Black Consciousness and liberatory praxis for management and organization studies; (2) embracing the Bantu-Kongo concept of Mbongi in decolonised knowledge practices in Africa; and, (3) coloniality and anti-black racism in Namibian private sector organisations.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (South Africa)

Professor Emerita at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She established the DST-NRF SARChI Chair in Critical Diversity Studies, which she held for 10 years. Melissa was the Founding Director of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies and Founding Editor of the International Journal for Critical Diversity Studies. She has been featured as one of Routledge’s Sociology Super Authors (2013), and collaborates with the AGC in terms of teaching on programmes and publishing together.

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Greece)

Co-Founder of the Centre for Inclusion at Work (CEFI) (Athens, Greece), Professor at UNIC Athens (Greece), and Honorary Professor of EDI & HRM at Brunel University London (UK). She collaborates with AGC academics to publish peer-reviewed academic articles, as well as book chapters, acts as an external examiner for GSB Masters dissertations and PhD theses, and was the Visiting Professor of the AGC in Cape Town in 2024.  

Allan Gray Centre Associate (Scotland)

Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour & Director of the PhD Programme at the GSB, with a specific interest in the intersection of organizational behaviour, entrepreneurship, and the new world of work, helped (and co-led) the AGC to successfully stage its International Academic Conference, co-edited (with Prof. Kurt April) the AGC edited book: Values-Driven Entrepreneurship and Societal Impact, and continues to collaborate with AGC academics on research projects and act as an internal examiner of dissertations and theses supervised by AGC academics.