OUR FACULTY
Meet our Faculty

Dr Rene Albertus
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rene Albertus an inter-disciplinary lecturer focusing on Information Systems Management and Business Process Modelling, Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative, Accounting and Finance and Corporate Governance.
Assoc Prof Latif Alhassan
Associate Professor
Abdul Latif Alhassan (PhD) is an associate professor in development and insurance finance at the Development Finance Centre (DEFIC), UCT GSB.
Prof Nicholas Biekpe
Professor
Professor Nicholas Biekpe is a Professor of Development Finance & Econometrics Director of the Development Finance Centre (DEFIC).
Assoc Prof Sean Gossel
Associate Professor
Associate Professor Sean Gossel is the Research Director at the UCT GSB.
Mr Lungelo Gumede
Lecturer
Lungelo Gumede lectures Corporate Finance on the MBA programme, Financial Risk Management on the MCom in Development Finance programme, and Business Finance on the PGDip in Management Practice, all at the UCT GSB.
Assoc Prof Faizel Ismail
Associate Professor
Dr Faizel Ismail currently teaches at the University of Cape Town and is an Adjunct Professor.
Dr Mundia Kabinga
Senior Lecturer
Dr Mundia Kabinga is a senior lecturer in infrastructure finance and strategy in the UCT GSB, and co-editor for the Oxford University Press (OUP) Handbook on the Zambian Economy.
Dr Thanti Mthanti
Senior Lecturer
Thanti Mthanti is a senior lecturer at the UCT GSB, he holds a PhD (Finance) from Wits and is also one of a handful of Professional Risk Manager (PRM™) charter holders in South Africa.VISITING ACADEMICS
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Prof Danny Cassimon
Honorary Professor
Professor Danny Cassimon is an Honorary Professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business.
Dr Sharron McPherson
Lecturer
Sharron McPherson is an adjunct senior lecturer at the UCT GSB where she lectures project finance on the MBA programme.
Ms Aunnie Patton Power
Adjunct Lecturer
Aunnie Patton Power is the founder of Intelligent Impact, a technology for social impact advisory firm, and a university lecturer on Innovative Finance, Impact Investing and Technology for Impact.
Assoc Prof Mohan Vivekanandan
Adjunct Associate Professor
Mohan is a member of the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s (DBSA) Group Executive Committee, with accountability for pan-African deal origination/client management.