Wits Business School appoints Sibusiso Sibisi as new head
Sibisi served as deputy vice-chancellor (research and innovation) at UCT, and has a PhD in maths from Cambridge University
Wits Business School (WBS) has announced the appointment of a former University of Cape Town (UCT) deputy vice-chancellor as its new head, with effect from January. The school will no doubt be hoping that Sibusiso Sibisi will help usher in a new era of stability following frequent leadership changes at the institution. This has hurt the school’s reputation and fuelled perceptions that the head of school did not enjoy the same level of operational and budgetary autonomy as that enjoyed by business schools at other universities. In July, the university appointed former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene as interim head and also tasked him with assisting in finding a substantive head. Nene replaced Steve Bluen who had had held the postion for three years. Sibisi comes with an impressive CV: he has a PhD in maths from Cambridge University, was a Fulbright Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in the late 1980s and later was a senior research associate at Cambridge University. Apa...
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