Staff - Wits University

SBS Head of School
	Helen Duh Associate Professor helen.duh@wits.ac.za 011 717 8217 Research interests: Brand management, consumer behaviour, social marketing and transformative consumer research.

SBS Head of School

Helen Duh

Associate Professor
helen.duh@wits.ac.za
011 717 8217
Research interests: Brand management, consumer behaviour, social marketing and transformative consumer research.

Human Resource Management and Management

HR and HR Management Division
	Emmanuel Nkomo Senior Lecturer (Dr) Head, HR and HR Management Division emmanuel.nkomo@wits.ac.za 011 717 8143 Research interests: Employee motivation and retention, organisational leadership and behaviour, labour relations and human capital development.
	Erasmus Kofi Appiah Senior Lecturer (Dr) erasmus.appiah@wits.ac.za 011 717 8166 Research interests: Organisational behaviour, human resources management, business strategy, leadership, diversity and inclusion.
	Suvera Boodhoo Lecturer (Dr) Masters Course Coordinator suvera.boodhoo@wits.ac.za 011 717 8258 Research interests: Management education and sustainable development.
	David Coldwell Professor Director, Strategic Foresight Research Group (SFRG) david.coldwell@wits.ac.za 011 717 8077 Research interests: Strategic management, organisational behaviour, business ethics, corprate social responsibility, business research mehods and labour relations.
	Sikhumbuzo Maisela Lecturer sikhumbuzo.maisela@wits.ac.za 011 717 8308 Research interests: Informal sector entrepreneurship, Enterprise development, Youth entrepreneurship, Community development, Entrepreneurship education.
	Aretha Mazingi Lecturer aretha.mazingi@wits.ac.za 011 717 8087 Research interests: Leadership, performance and talent management, employee engagement and strategic human resources management.
	Althea Jansen Moodley Lecturer Honours Course Coordinator althea.jansen@wits.ac.za 011 717 8089 Research interests: Leadership, Engagement, Job Crafting, Organisational commitment and Management in the Education sector.
	Khosi Radebe Lecturer (Dr) khosi.radebe@wits.ac.za 011 717 8285 Research interests: Innovation, Strategy, Intrapreneurship, Business models, Dynamic capabilities.
	Olorunjuwon Michael Samuel Associate Professor olorunjuwon.samuel@wits.ac.za 011 717 8124 Research interests: Broad field of human resource management, labour relations, strategic and organisational change management and organisation behaviour.
	Fanny Saruchera Associate Professor and Academic Director fanny.saruchera@wits.ac.za 011 717 8317 Research interests: Strategy, Marketing-Logistics interface, Supply Chain and Operations Management; Sustainability, Innovation Management & Digitalisation, Consumer Mythology, Projects, Management transdisciplinary studies.
	Robert Venter Senior Lecturer (Dr) PhD Course Coordinator robert.venter@wits.ac.za 011 717 8090 Research interests: Enterprise development, entrepreneurship, project management, indigenous knowledge and values and labour relations.

Information Systems

IS Division
	Thembekile Mayayise Head of Division, Information Systems Division Senior Lecturer (Dr) thembekile.mayayise@wits.ac.za 011 717 8395 Research interests: IT governance, cyber/information security, e-commerce, 4IR.
	Lyrice Cohen Senior Tutor lyrice.cohen@wits.ac.za 011 717 8153
	Emma Coleman Senior Lecturer (Dr) Masters course coordinator emma.coleman@wits.ac.za 011 717 8152 Research Interests: Research methods, social inequality, ICT4D, green IS and sustainability, mobile technologies and social media.
	Mitchell Hughes Lecturer mitchell.hughes@wits.ac.za 011 717 8157 Research interests: Technology in higher education, technology-mediated collaboration and communication and social media.
	Naomi Isabirye Senior Lecturer (Dr) Masters Course Coordinator naomi.isabirye@wits.ac.za 011 717 8384 Research interests: E-commerce, Trust in Technology, ICT in Education, Cybersafety.
	John Mangundu Lecturer (Dr) john.mangundu@wits.ac.za 011 717 9869 Research Interests: Information Technology Governance, Cybersecurity, Information Technology in Education, Artificial Intelligence and Drone Technology Governance.
	Kebashnee Moodley Lecturer (Dr) kebashnee.moodley@wits.ac.za 011 717 8256 Research interests: Artificial intelligence, Security, Privacy & Ubiquitous Computing.
	Samwel Mwapwele Lecturer (Dr) samwel.mwapwele@wits.ac.za 011 717 8305 Research interests: CT4D, Mlearning, Research collaboration, eLearning.
	Rennie Naidoo Professor Research Director & PhD Course Coordinator rennie.naidoo@wits.ac.za 011 717 8141 Research interests: Agile, artificial intelligence (AI), customer experience (CX), cybercrime, cybersecurity, data analytics, data science, devops, digitalisation, high-tech talent, knowledge management, large-scale agile, paradox, sociotechnical, social inclusion, sustainability, user experience (UX), work systems
	Neetu Ramsaroop Lecturer neetu.ramsaroop@wits.ac.za 011 717 8154 Research interests: Green Computing, Sustainability in IT, Alternative green energy sources to maintain sustainability in IT, Artificial Intelligence in green computing, Green IT related to battery development in mobile technology, Wireless power transfer, Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting.
	Suzanne Sackstein Senior Lecturer (Dr) Honours Course Coordinator suzanne.sackstein@wits.ac.za 011 717 8158 Research interests: Adoption and use of mobile devices.
	Linda Spark Senior Tutor linda.spark@wits.ac.za 011 717 8163
	Ernest Skinner Tutor ernest.skinner@wits.ac.za 011 717 8159

Insurance and Risk Management

Insurance and Risk Management Division
	Albert Mushai Senior Lecturer (Dr) Head, Insurance and Risk Management Division, PhD Course Coordinator albert.mushai@wits.ac.za 011 717 8297 Research interests: Liability insurance and Micro-insurance, Risk management in a business and rural development context, Insurance law and regulations.
	Pholile Dladla Senior Lecturer (Dr) pholile.dladla@wits.ac.za 011 717 8232 Research interests: Economics of insurance, Pension funds, Application of financial theories of insurance.
	Agata MacGregor Lecturer Honours and Masters Course Coordinator agata.macgregor@wits.ac.za 011 717 8080 Research interests: Specialised liability insurance law, economic theory of insurance, insurance regulation, Assessment-as-learning, legitimation code theory (LCT), curriculum design.
	Pinkie Segodi Lecturer pinkie.segodi1@wits.ac.za 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 penny.spentzouris1@wits.ac.za 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 and An international legal framework to regulate private military security companies in conflict zones.
	Robert Vivian Professor robert.vivian@wits.ac.za 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

Marketing Division
	Melissa Zulu Senior Lecturer (Dr) & Head, Marketing Division melissa.zulu@wits.ac.za 011 717 8161 Research interests: Consumer psychology, retail innovation, township economy, data science in marketing, digital marketing, and small and medium-sized business marketing.
	Tinashe Chuchu Senior Lecturer (Dr) tinashe.chuchu@wits.ac.za 011 717 8309 Research Interests: Consumer behaviour and tourism.
	Thomas Dorson Anning Associate Professor thomas.dorson.anning@wits.ac.za 011 717 8233 Research Interests: Branding; Service Management; Strategy; Digital Economy; Enterprise Development; Wellbeing Marketing; Marketing in Emerging Markets; Business in Africa.
	Paul Issock Issock Senior Lecturer (Dr) PhD Course Coordinator paul.issockissock@wits.ac.za 011 717 8306 Research Interests: Transformative consumer research, social marketing, sustainable marketing and consumer behaviour.
	Aaron Koopman Lecturer Honours Course Coordinator aaron.koopman@wits.ac.za 011 717 8047 Research Interests: Consumer behaviour, Contemporary marketing, Integrated Marketing Communications and Brand Management.
	Neo Ligaraba Senior Lecturer (Dr) Masters Course Coordinator neo.ligaraba@wits.ac.za 011 717 8229 Research interests: Interactive & Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Electronic Commerce, Brand Management, and research that is relevant to practice.
	Relebohiseng Matubatuba Lecturer relebohiseng.matubatuba@wits.ac.za 011 717 8310 Research interests: Consumer behaviour, consumer responsibility, sustainability in marketing and services marketing
	Freddy Mgiba Lecturer (Dr) freddy.mgiba@wits.ac.za 011 717 8239 Research interests: Digital and social media marketing.
	Marike Venter-de Villiers Associate Professor marike.venter@wits.ac.za 011 717 8067 Research interests: Consumer behaviour, experiential marketing, retail, fashion marketing and branding.

Visiting Professors

Tahir Mumtaz Awan

Associate Professor
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

Professorchris.callaghan@wits.ac.za Research interests: Human resource management and management and innovation management.

Christian Felzensztein

Professor
christian.felzensztein@wits.ac.za

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

Stanley Mutenga

Adjunct Professorstanley.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 (Dr)

Associate Professor
sajad.rezaei@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Interactive & Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and Psychology, Sustainability & Responsible Business, Business Innovation & Strategy.

Baniyelme David Zoogah

Professor
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).

Professional and Administrative Staff

School administration
	Ms Fikile Radebe Administrative Assistant 011 717 8386 fikile.radebe@wits.ac.za CLM building, West Campus
	Kopano Gonyane Postgraduate Applications Officer 011 717 8106 kopano.gonyane@wits.ac.za Commerce, Law & MNGT Building (CLM), West Campus
	Ms Irma Watson Postgraduate Studies 011 717 8095 irma.watson@wits.ac.za CLM building, West Campus
	Ms Patricia Nowlotha Undergraduate Studies 011 717 8142 patricia.nowlotha@wits.ac.za CLM building, West Campus
	Brian Makena Undergraduate Studies 011 717 8160brian.makena@wits.ac.za CLM building, West Campus
	Ms Kutlwano Moke Senior Administrator Operations 011 717 8990 E-mail: kutlwano.moke@wits.ac.za CLM building, West Campus
	Ms Nomsa Qwelane Senior Finance Officer 011 717 8240 nomsa.qwelane@wits.ac.za CLM building, West Campus
	Collin Leshabane Senior ICT Support Consultant 011 717 8842E-mail: Collin.Leshabane@wits.ac.za Office Number: Commerce, Law & MNGT Building (CLM), West Campus

Robert Vivian

Tahir Mumtaz Awan

Chris Callaghan

Christian Felzensztein

Stanley Mutenga

Sajad Rezaei (Dr)

Baniyelme David Zoogah

Ms Fikile Radebe

Kopano Gonyane

Ms Irma Watson

Ms Patricia Nowlotha

Brian Makena

Ms Kutlwano Moke

Ms Nomsa Qwelane

Collin Leshabane

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