UCT GSB Faculty
Driving research and teaching at the UCT GSB and beyond.
UCT GSB Full-time Faculty
Driving research and teaching at the UCT GSB and beyond.
The UCT GSB has 32 full-time faculty members. Many are internationally acclaimed as researchers and teachers or are closely involved in national and regional issues whilst playing leading roles in policy formulation and implementation. All are dedicated and gifted individuals who contribute directly to the UCT GSB's reputation for excellence.
Centre for Coaching Director
Janine Ahlers is a certified Integral Coach® and Academic Director of the Centre for Coaching situated at the UCT GSB.
PGDip Development Finance Programme Director
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.
Programme Director, Master of Commerce in Development Finance
Abdul Latif Alhassan (PhD) is a Professor of Development Finance and Insurance at the Development Finance Centre (DEFIC), University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, Cape Town.
Strategic Leadership lecturer
Professor Kurt April is the Allan Gray Chair, an Endowed Professorship, and Director of the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership, specialising in Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (South Africa, 1998-present), Adjunct Faculty at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (UK, 2001-present), and is an Orchestrator and Faculty member of Duke Corporate Education, Duke University (USA, 2008-present).
MPhil Programme Director
Jess Auerbach is an NRF-rated anthropologist whose research explores narrative, digital connectivity, sensory experience, communication and education futures.
HOD Spark Health
Dr Richard Chivaka is an Associate Professor of Business Strategy & Supply Chain Management at the UCT GSB where he has taught business strategy on the MBA programme, as well as on the Associate in Management (AIM) and Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA).
Senior Lecturer
Babar Dharani is a Business Finance Professional (BFP) and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA).
Director of UCT Graduate School of Business
Catherine Duggan is Director (Dean) of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB).
Senior Lecturer
Dr Cecile Feront is a Senior Lecturer at UCT Graduate School of Business, a research fellow at the Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Sustainability Transitions, a collaborator at the Embedding Project, and an associate at the Sustainability Institute.
MBA Programme Director
Dr Caitlin Ferreira is an Associate Professor specialising in Marketing as well as the Modular MBA Programme Director.
Deputy Director : Curriculum
Professor Sean Gossel is the Deputy Director: Curriculum at the UCT GSB.
Deputy Director : Faculty and Research
Ralph is a professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business and works on business sustainability and social innovation and entrepreneurship.
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.
Power Futures Lab Director
Dr Wikus Kruger is the Power Futures Lab Director, based at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.
Professor
John Luiz is a Professor of International Management and Strategy at the University of Sussex Business School in the UK, and at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, specialising in International Business Strategy; Business, Society, and Government; Institutions and Emerging Markets.
EMBA Programme Director
Dr Camille Meyer is Associate Professor in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Director of the Executive MBA at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business.
Senior Lecturer
Wayne Moodaley is a Senior Lecturer specialising in Accounting and Finance at the UCT GSB.
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.
Associate Professor
Dr Blessing Mudavanhu is an Associate Professor at the UCT GSB.
Associate Professor
Associate Professor Janine Mukuddem-Petersen has served as a practitioner and an academic with teaching-learning, research and management duties.
Professor
Professor Hamieda Parker lectures the Operations Management core course and the Global Supply Chain Management elective course on the MBA programme.
Associate Professor
Dr Camaren Peter (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership at the UCT GSB.
Associate Professor
Dr Kutlwano Ramaboa is an Associate Professor at the UCT GSB.
Professor
Professor Mikael Samuelsson has been involved in award winning research, consultancy work and training of entrepreneurs since 1998.
Senior Lecturer
Johannes Schueler is a senior lecturer at the UCT GSB and facilitates the Innovation & Entrepreneurship core course as well as the Planning New Ventures elective on the MBA programme.
Associate Professor
Professor Kosheek Sewchurran is primarily interested in organising practices and research that acknowledge the realities of a lived-experience.
PGDip Management Practice Programme Convenor
Dr Elanca Shelley is a senior lecturer and academic coordinator for management development programmes at the certificate and postgraduate diploma level.
Senior Lecturer
Dr Benjamin J Spatz is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.
CEMS MIM Programme Director
Dr Annika Surmeier is a Senior Lecturer and the Academic Director of the CEMS Master of Management Specialising in International Management (MIM) programme at the UCT GSB.
Senior Lecturer and Research Lead
Dr Twesigye is the Senior Lecturer and Research Lead: Power Market Reforms and Regulation in the Power Futures Lab.
Senior Lecturer
Badri Zolfaghari is a senior lecturer in organizational behaviour and an associate of the Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership at the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business.