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Head of School
SBS Head of School
Olorunjuwon Michael Samuel (Acting Head of School)

Associate Professor
E-mail: olorunjuwon.samuel@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8083

Research Interests: 
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organisational Behaviour
Vuyo Mntonintshi

Secretary to the Head of School 
Tel: 011 717 8083
E-mail: vuyo.mntonintshi@wits.ac.za
Room 02, CLM building, West Campus

Human Resource Management and Management Division
 

Emmanuel Nkomo

Head of Division: Human Resource Management and Management
Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: emmanuel.nkomo@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8143

Research interests: 
  • Employee Motivation and Retention
  • Organisational Leadership and Behaviour
  • Organisational Ethics
  • Human Capital Development
  • Organisational Strategy
  • Remuneration and Benefits
  • Entitlement Mentality

George Acheampong

Associate Professor
E-mail: george.acheampong@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8231

Erasmus Kofi Appiah

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: erasmus.appiah@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8166

Research interests:
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Human Resources Management
  • Business Strategy, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
Suvera Boodhoo 

Suvera Boodhoo

Lecturer (Dr)
Masters Course Coordinator 
E-mail: suvera.boodhoo@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8258

Research interests:
  • Management Education
  • Sustainable Development
  • Innovation Management
  • Strategic Management
 

David Coldwell

Professor
Director, Strategic Foresight Research Group (SFRG)
E-mail: david.coldwell@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8077

Research interests: 
  • Business Ethics
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Corporate Governance
  • Sustainability
  • Strategic Management
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Research Methods
  • Labour Relations
  • Human Resources Management
Sikhumbuzo Maisela

Sikhumbuzo Maisela

Lecturer
E-mail: sikhumbuzo.maisela@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8308

Research interests: 
  • Informal Sector Entrepreneurship
  • Enterprise Development
  • Youth Entrepreneurship
  • Community Development
  • Entrepreneurship Education
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship
Aretha Mazingi

Aretha Mazingi

Lecturer
E-mail: aretha.mazingi@wits.ac.za  
Tel: 011 717 8087

Research interests: 
  • Human Resources Analytics
  • e-HRM
  • Human Resources and Technology
  • Strategic Human Resources Management
Althea Moodley

Althea Jansen Moodley

Lecturer
Honours Course Coordinator
E-mail: althea.jansen@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8089

Research interests:
  • Leadership Engagement
  • Job Crafting
  • Organisational Commitment
  • Management in the Education Sector

Khosi Radebe

Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: khosi.radebe@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8285

Research interests: 
  • Innovation
  • Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business Models
  • Dynamic Capabilities

Olorunjuwon Michael Samuel

Associate Professor
E-mail: olorunjuwon.samuel@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8124

Research interests: 
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organisational Behaviour

Fanny Saruchera

Associate Professor and Academic Director
E-mail: fanny.saruchera@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8317

Research interests:
  • Strategy
  • Marketing-Logistics Interface
  • Supply Chain and Operations Management
  • Sustainability, Innovation Management and Digitalisation
  • Consumer Mythology
  • Projects, Management Transdisciplinary Studies

Robert Venter

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
PhD Course Coordinator
E-mail: robert.venter@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8090

Research interests:
  • Developmental Entrepreneurship
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Informal Sector and Township Entrepreneurship
  • Critical Studies in Entrepreneurship
Information Systems Division
 
Samwel Mwapwele 

Samwel Mwapwele

Head of Division: Information Systems
Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: samwel.mwapwele@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8305

Research interests: 
  • ICT4D
  • m-Learning
  • Research Collaboration
  • e-Learning
  • e-Commerce
 

Naomi Isabirye

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
Masters Course Coordinator
E-mail: naomi.isabirye@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8384

Research interests:
  • e-Commerce
  • Trust in Technology
  • ICT in Education
  • Cybersafety
  • Future of Work

Pakiso Khomokhoana

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mailpakiso.khomokhoana@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8157

Research interests: 
  • Information Systems Education
  • Enterprise Systems
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Cultural Informatics and Development

John Mangundu

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: john.mangundu@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 9869

Research interests: 
  • Information Technology Governance
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Technology in Education
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Drone Technology Governance
Thembekile Mayayise

Thembekile Mayayise

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: thembekile.mayayise@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8395

Research interests:
  • Cybersecurity
  • IT Governance
  • Digital Governance
  • Digital Transformation
  • E-commerce
 

Kebashnee Moodley

Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: kebashnee.moodley@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8256

Research interests:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Technology and Education
  • Internet of Things

Rennie Naidoo

Professor
Research Director & PhD Course Coordinator
E-mail: rennie.naidoo@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8141

Research interests:
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Analytics/Data Science
  • High-Tech Talent Management
  • IT Project Management
  • Technology Adoption
  • Sustainability
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Pelonomi Ramafi

Lecturer
E-mail: pelonomi.ramafi@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8154

Research Interests:
  • Big Data Technologies in Healthcare
  • AI Application in Healthcare
  • AI Ethics,
  • Data Governance
  • Digital Transformation
 

Suzanne Sackstein

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
Honours Course Coordinator
E-mail: suzanne.sackstein@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8158

Research interests:
  • Integration
  • Use and adoption of technology within educational contexts
  • User Experience 
 

Linda Spark

Senior Tutor
E-mail: linda.spark@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8163

 

Ernest Skinner

Tutor
E-mail: ernest.skinner@wits.ac.za  
Tel: 011 717 8159

Insurance & Risk Management Division
 
 

Pholile Dladla

Head of Division: Insurance and Risk Management Division
Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: pholile.dladla@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8232

Research interests: 
  • Economics of Insurance
  • Pension Funds
  • Applied Financial Economics to Insurance
Albert Mushai

Albert Mushai

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: albert.mushai@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8297 

Research interests: 
  • Liability Insurance and Micro-insurance
  • Risk Management in a Business and Rural Development Context
  • Insurance Law and Regulations
 

Agata MacGregor

Lecturer
Honours and Masters Course Coordinator
E-mail: agata.macgregor@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8080

Research interests:
  • Specialised Liability Insurance
  • Insurance Law
  • Economic Theory of Insurance
  • Insurance Regulation
  • Insurance Education
  • Assessment and Curriculum Design
  • Legitimation Code Theory (LCT)

Teboho Mokoena

Lecturer
E-mail: teboho.mokoena@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8311

Research interests:
  • Alternative Risk Transfer
  • Climate Change
  • Digital Transformation

Pinkie Segodi

Lecturer
E-mail: pinkie.segodi1@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 9870

Research Interests:
  • Risk Management
  • Corporate Governance and Compliance
  • Total Personal Financial Planning
  • Life Insurance Sector and Human Development Index
  • The relationship between Life Insurance and Economic Growth
  • Business Interruption Insurance and Reinsurance

Penny Spentzouris

Lecturer
E-mail: penny.spentzouris1@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8122

Research Interests
  • Economic Reasons for Regulation
  • Business Interruption Insurance
  • Risk Management of Retirement Funds
  • The Role of Financial Services Providers in Promoting Social Sustainability
  • The Relationship between Financial Literacy and Economic Development
  • The Development of an International Legal Framework to regulate Private
  • Military Security

Robert Vivian

Emeritus Professor
E-mail: robert.vivian@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8088

Research interests:
  • Economic Theory applied to Insurance problems
  • Economic Theory of Taxation
  • Insurance Law and Practice
  • Information Methodology
  • Constitutionalism
  • Efficient Market Hypothesis
Marketing Division

 

Melissa Zulu

Melissa Zulu

Head of Division: Marketing
Senior Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: melissa.zulu@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8161

Research interests:
  • Consumer Psychology
  • Retail Innovation
  • Township Economy
  • Data Science in Marketing
  • Digital Marketing
  • Small and Medium-sized Business Marketing
Tinashe Chuchu

Tinashe Chuchu

Associate Professor
E-mail: tinashe.chuchu@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8309

Research Interests:
  • Consumer Behaviour and Tourism

 

Thomas Dorson Anning

Associate Professor
E-mail: thomas.dorson.anning@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8233

Research Interests:
  • Innovation Management
  • Digital Economy
  • Enterprise Development
  • Value Creation
  • Sustainability & Wellbeing Marketing
  • Business in Africa
Paul Issock Issock

Paul Issock Issock

Associate Professor
PhD Course Coordinator
E-mail: paul.issockissock@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8306

Research Interests: 
  • Social Marketing
  • Sustainable Marketing
  • Responsible Marketing
  • Consumer Well-being
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
Aaron Koopman

Aaron Koopman

Lecturer
Honours Course Coordinator
E-mail: aaron.koopman@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8047

Research Interests:
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Contemporary Marketing
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Brand Management
Neo Ligaraba

Neo Ligaraba

Associate Professor
Masters Course Coordinator
E-mail: neo.ligaraba@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8229

Research interests:
  • Interactive & Digital Marketing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Brand Management,
  • Research that is relevant to practice
Relebohiseng

Relebohiseng Matubatuba

Lecturer 
E-mail: relebohiseng.matubatuba@wits.ac.za
Tel: 011 717 8310

Research interests:
  • Micromarketing
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Responsible Consumer Behaviour
  • Sustainability in Marketing and Services Management
  • Social Marketing 

 

Freddy Mgiba

Lecturer (Dr)
E-mail: freddy.mgiba@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8239

Research interests:
  • Digital and social media marketing
 

Marike Venter-de Villiers

Associate Professor
E-mail: marike.venter@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8067

Research interests: 
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Sustainable Clothing and Textiles
  • Fashion Marketing
  • Consumer Wellbeing
  • Retailing

Professor Helen Duh

Full Professor of Marketing
E-mail: helen.duh@wits.ac.za 
Tel: 011 717 8217

Research Interests: 
  • Brand Management
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Social Marketing 
  • Transformative Consumer Research
Visiting Professors

Tahir Mumtaz Awan

Associate Professor
E-mail: tahir.awan@wits.ac.za

Research interests:
  • Green Consumption, Behavioral Intentions, Service Quality, Digital Marketing, Electronic Commerce, Fake News, Leisure Behaviors & Subjective Well-Being.
  • Belt and Road Initiative & China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Global Development and Regional Connectivity, China Studies and Sinology, and Sustainable Development.

Chris Callaghan

ProfessorE-mail: chris.callaghan@wits.ac.za 

Research interests: 
  • Human resource management and management and innovation management.

Christian Felzensztein

Professor
E-mail: christian.felzensztein@wits.ac.za 

Research interests:
  • Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Small firms, Family businesses, Emerging economies. 

Stanley Mutenga

Adjunct ProfessorE-mail: stanley.mutenga@wits.ac.za 

Research interests: 
  • Insurance company operating models, ESG in Insurance operations, Strategic Risk management, Optimal funding solutions for climate and other catastrophic risks.

Sajad Rezaei

Associate Professor
E-mail: sajad.rezaei@wits.ac.za 

Research interests:
  • Interactive & Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and Psychology, Sustainability & Responsible Business, Business Innovation & Strategy.

Simon Sigue

Professor
E-mail: simon.sigue@wits.ac.za 

Research interests:
  • His research covers topics such as entrepreneurial marketing, franchising, marketing channels, marketing strategies, game theory, and international marketing.

Baniyelme David Zoogah

Professor
E-mail: baniyelme.zoogah@wits.ac.za 

Research interests: 
  • His research is on development issues at the intersection of individuals, groups, organizations, and societies.
  • His primary focus now is on sustainability-related issues that impact development of African economies. In addition, he examines how organizational systems affect corporate environmental sustainability (CES).
Postdoctoral Fellows
 
Postdoctoral Fellows at SBS

Dr Adewale Adekiya

Research Interests:
  • Entrepreneurship Studies
  • Business Ethics and Responsible Leadership
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Occupational Stress
  • Knowledge Management
  • Information Communication Technology in Business
  • Cross Cultural Studies
  • International Management
Postdoctoral Fellows at SBS

Dr Muslim Akanmu

Research Interests:
  • Sustainability
  • Quality Innovation and Management
  • Digital Transformation
  • Operations Research
  • Logistics
  • Supply Chain Management
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Dr Benedict Ateba 

E-mail: benedict.ateba@wits.ac.za 

Research Interests:
  • Developing Sustainable Strategic Frameworks for Energy Systems
  • Travel Behaviour
  • Mobility Science
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Dr Roselyne Cheruiyot 

E-mail: roselyne.koech@wits.ac.za 

Research Interests: 
  • CSR/CSI
  • Sustainability
  • Business Ethics
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Business Strategy

Dr Harry Moongela

E-mail: harry.moongela@wits.ac.za 

Research Interests:
  • Social Media in Higher Education Institutions
  • Social media and Organizational learning
  • ICT and influencing Government Policies
  • AI in Higher Education Institutions
  • AI in Business Enterprises

Dr Asphat Muposhi

E-mail: asphat.muposhi@wits.ac.za 

Research Interests:
  • Sustainable Marketing
  • Social Marketing
  • Green Consumerism
  • Green Innovations
Professional and Administrative Staff
School administration

Fikile Radebe

Administrative Assistant (Reception)
Tel: 011 717 8386
E-mail: fikile.radebe@wits.ac.za 
CLM 14, CLM building, West Campus

Kopano Gonyane

Administrative Officer (Postgraduate Applications and Research Administration)
TeL: 011 717 8106
E-mail: kopano.gonyane@wits.ac.za 
CLM 18, CLM building, West Campus

Irma Watson

Irma Watson  

Postgraduate Studies 
Tel: 011 717 8095
E-mail: irma.watson@wits.ac.za 
CLM 15B, CLM building, West Campus

Patricia Nowlotha 

Undergraduate Studies 
Tel: 011 717 8142
E-mail: patricia.nowlotha@wits.ac.za 
CLM 15A, CLM building, West Campus

Brian Makena

Undergraduate Studies
Tel: 011 717 8160E-mail: brian.makena@wits.ac.za 
CLM 16A, CLM building, West Campus

Kutlwano Moke

Kutlwano Moke

Senior Administrator Operations
Tel: 011 717 8990
E-mail: kutlwano.moke@wits.ac.za 
CLM 60, CLM building, West Campus

Nomsa Qwelane

Nomsa Qwelane 

Senior Finance Officer 
Tel: 011 717 8240
E-mail: nomsa.qwelane@wits.ac.za 
CLM 03A, CLM building, West Campus

Collin Leshabane

Senior IT Support
Tel: 011 717 8842E-mail:  Collin.Leshabane@wits.ac.za
CLM 172, CLM building, West Campus

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