Executive Education: Community Social Investment and Economic Development
Join us for an Info Session on the ‘Community Social Investment and Economic Development' short course.
Event information
This Info Session will help you gain a solid grounding in the dynamics of private sector-led community social investments and economic development (CoSI and ED) within the natural resource sector. By the end of the 30-minute session, you will identify if this short course commencing in June 2026 is the right fit for your career progression.
- Corporate, public and civil society within the extractives, renewables, forestry, agriculture, and infrastructure, and ESG sectors.
- Learn how you can benefit from the course within your role.
You can engage with the course facilitators directly to help you navigate if this course is the right fit for your career progression.
Programme:
| Session Aspect | Duration |
| Introduction on the course (the Why) | 5 mins |
| Insight into the course practice area from subject matter experts | 5-7 mins |
| Snapshot of our approach to learning | 3-5 mins |
| GSB inputs on the value of these courses | 3 mins |
| Q and A | 10 mins |
Speakers
Lisa van Dongen
Associate, Synergy Global Consulting
Lisa is an independent social performance consultant with a learning and facilitation practice. Over the past 20 years, Lisa has worked across sub-Saharan Africa providing social performance management, stakeholder engagement, and conflict management services to clients in the mining, renewable energy, and conservation sectors. She is the co-host of a new podcast called ‘The Social Field’.
Ralph Hamann
Professor and Research Director at GSB, UCT
Ralph is a professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business and works on business sustainability and social innovation and entrepreneurship. His papers address topics such as environmental strategy of wine firms, corporate responsibility (and irresponsibility) in mining, and social innovation through cross-sector collaboration. Among his other roles, he is the co-founder of the South African leg of the Embedding Project and the Southern Africa Food Lab, two award-winning initiatives bridging research and practice. He is also an executive editor of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Ralph has been a visiting scholar or consultant in different parts of the world, most recently as Pearson Visiting Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship at Brown University.