Marius Oosthuizen

Profile

​Marius Oosthuizen is a member of faculty at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He teaches leadership, strategy and ethics, and heads up the Future of Business Project that uses strategic foresight methods to explore the future of South Africa, Africa and BRICS.

Marius is a previous participant of the Oxford Scenarios Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK. He holds a Masters in Strategic Foresight from Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA. He is currently writing a PhD proposal on Integrative Public Leadership, and completing a Masters in Applied Social and Political Ethics.

Marius has worked with business leaders, policy makers and civil society activists using his expertise in stakeholder dialogue, scenario planning, strategic foresight and systems thinking to create future-orientated strategy. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Association of Professional Futurists and recent participant in the London-based School of International Futures, as well as a recent contributor to the European Strategy and Policy System, the foresight think tank of the European Parliament.

In his capacity as a consultant, Marius has worked within the following sectors; IT, financial services, insurance, agriculture, manufacturing (chemicals), warehousing and logistics, oil and gas, international relations, social development, tourism, city and regional planning and mining engineering.

Responsibilities

Full-time faculty and manager for the ‘Future of Business in South Africa Project’.

Consulting Involvement

• Assessment of country risk for African development and growth strategies.
• Strategy development and keynotes on future strategy, technology disruption and country risk, in the following sectors: IT, financial services, insurance, agriculture, manufacturing (chemicals), warehousing and logistics, oil and gas, international relations, social development, tourism, city and regional planning and mining engineering.

Significant Achievements

• Rotary International Exchange Student to Canada (1999)
• Award: Outstanding Master of Arts in Strategic Foresight Student (2014) ​

Qualifications

• M.Phil (Applied ethics) (St. Augustine''s College) (Current)
• MA (Strategic foresight) (Regent University)
• BA (Hons.) (Systematic theology) (UNISA)
• BA (UNISA)

Fields of Interest

• Senior leadership development;
• Integration of ethics and strategy;
• Socio-political and socio-economic context, environment of business and
• Long-term national, regional and global futures.

Professional Memberships

• ​Member of Association of Professional Futurists (APF)
• Board Member and Treasurer, The Council for Religious Rights and Freedoms of South Africa
• Steering Committee, SEFSA (Socio-Economic Future of South Africa)