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Walter Baets is the director of the UCT GSB and holds the Allan Gray Chair in Values-Based Leadership. Formerly Professor of Complexity, Knowledge and Innovation at Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management, he is passionate about building a business school for “business that matters”.

Jenny Carter is the convenor of the New Managers Programme at the UCT Graduate School of Business. A passionate teacher, she has worked in a variety of corporate contexts over her varied career and has a deep commitment to empowering young leaders.

Kumeshnee West is the director of Executive Education at the UCT Graduate School of Business and an MBA graduate of the school. In her role at the school she strives to create programmes that address unique challenges and offer participants the opportunity for authentic development.

Yazeed Kamaldien works as a freelance journalist, photographer and in documentary film production. His most recent film assignments include working as production manager on the award-winning Marikana film, Miners Shot Down.

Laura Owings is a freelance journalist, editor, and digital media strategist. She is the former editor-inchief of The Holland Times, the only English news magazine/website in the Netherlands, which she founded and ran for four years.

Erna Oldenboom is a specialist in creativity, health and transformation. She has gained considerable experience in the wide area of human resources management and personal development within multinational companies.

Kosheek Sewchurran is an associate professor in Innovation Management and Information Systems at the UCT Graduate School of Business and director of the Executive MBA programme. He is interested in research that acknowledges the realities of a postmodern or complexity paradigm.

Dave Marrs is a former Business Day finance editor who now runs the publication’s Cape Town bureau. He is also chief lead writer, a columnist and editor of the Bottom Line. When not engaged thus, he can be found rowing in False Bay or building boats in his garage.

Andrea H. Botha has a B.Hons degree in journalism from Stellenbosch University and has worked as a journalist at the Cape Argus and news24. After almost 20 years in the business, she still believes in the power of words to inform and charm.

Shadrick Mazaza is a physician and former healthcare executive and a senior lecturer at the UCT Graduate School of Business. His areas of expertise include health management, personal transformation, leadership, and continuous quality improvement.