Alumni Webinar with Professor Shabir Madhi
| When: |
Tuesday, 29 September 2020 |
| Where: |
Off campus |
| Start time: | 16:00 |
| Enquiries: | yumna.patel@wits.ac.za |
| RSVP: | Register here. |
Update on COVID-19 and insights into the vaccine trials
Wits alumnus Professor Shabir Madhi (MBBCh 1990, MMed 1999, PhD 2004) is familiar to South Africans as leading the charge in two COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials in South Africa. He is Professor of Vaccinology at Wits and has been appointed as Dean of the Health Sciences Faculty in 2021. Prof Madhi serves both as Director of the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytical Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council and Research Chair in Vaccine Preventable Diseases of the Department of Science and Innovation/National Research Foundation. He holds the Chair of the National Advisory Group on Immunization in South Africa and is a member of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts.
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Alumni Webinar with Ann Bernstein
| When: |
Wednesday, 28 October 2020 |
| Where: |
Off campus |
| Start time: | 12:00 |
| Enquiries: | yumna.patel@wits.ac.za |
| RSVP: | Register here |
Recovery Strategies – SA and economic recovery: Quo Vadis?
Ann Bernstein (BA 1976, BA Hons 1977) is the founder and executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa’s leading development think tank which focuses on inclusive economic growth and democratic consolidation.
CDE has published numerous reports on topics including economic growth, jobs, education, skills, land reform, urbanization, cities and the role of business. Bernstein engages regularly with leaders in government, business, civil society and academia. She is a frequent commentator in the media. Her book, The Case for Business in Developing Economies (Penguin 2010) received favourable reviews in South African and international media and won the Sir Anthony Fisher Award 2012, Atlas Research Foundation, Washington DC.
Bernstein has participated in many seminal development initiatives in South Africa and internationally: member of the Transition Team, Board of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (1994 - 2001), fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington DC (2005), member of the Brenthurst Foundation board (2007-2017), invited faculty member, World Economic Forum, Davos (2008 and 2009), public policy scholar, Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC (2013), invited fellow, Rockefeller Centre, Bellagio (2016). She received the University of Johannesburg’s Ellen Kuzwayo award in 2019.
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Alumni Webinar with Dixit Joshi
| When: |
Monday, 30 November 2020 |
| Where: |
Off campus |
| Start time: | 16:00 |
| Enquiries: | yumna.patel@wits.ac.za |
| RSVP: | Register here |
The Future of the Global Financial Industry
Dixit Joshi (BSc 1992) is Group Treasurer of Deutsche Bank AG and is based in London. In this position, which he has held since 2017, Joshi is responsible for managing one of the largest balance sheets in the banking industry. A Wits alumnus with a degree in statistics and actuarial science, he has served in senior executive positions in leading financial institutions such as Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2010. Joshi is currently serving his third term as Board Member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and has been deeply engaged in issues shaping the future of the global financial industry including interbank lending rate transition, distributed ledger technologies and Central Bank Digital Currencies. Joshi has been a committed supporter of citizenship and community initiatives, serving as a Board Member of Pratham, a non-profit organisation supporting education in India, and as Trustee of the Student Sponsorship Programme in South Africa. He served on the Board of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art and as President of the Advisory Board for National Sewa Day, a social action and volunteering initiative for local communities.
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