Doris Viljoen

Doris is a futurist with specialised skills in environmental scanning and the facilitation of strategic conversations. She is a curious, forever-learning optimist, passionate about thinking with business leaders to connect the 'dots on the horizon'. In her regular contributions to IFR publications she endeavours to interpret global trends and assess their relevance for South Africa and Africa.

Doris has post-graduate qualifications in business management, education, project management and futures studies and divides her time between her family, DV Consulting (where she thinks with business leaders about the long-term futures of their organisations), the Institute for Futures Research (as research associate) and the Centre for Applied Entrepreneurship at the University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (where she leads projects and facilitates workshops).

She has a wide range of research interests and is passionate about asking the right questions, searching for and finding the data that could inform decisions and sharing the results of her findings in the form of presentations or written articles.

Recent projects include research into the futures of economic opportunities for people 55 and older in South Africa, the generation of scenarios for an enterprise development program as joint initiative between an industry body and a higher education provider, and assessment of the feasibility and future strategic options of an agricultural academy in the DRC.​