Morris Mthombeni

Prof Morris Mthombeni is the Dean of the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). He has a wealth of corporate experience in banking, insurance, and investment management - with a cumulative 32 years in the financial services industry. Prof Mthombeni lecturers on PhD and DBA programmes as well as the Master’s programmes on corporate strategy and governance. He also lectures on GIBS' flagship global executive development and board leadership programmes. Mthombeni is the joint lead faculty on the Harvard Business Schools’ Senior Executive Programme Africa (SEPA). Prof Mthombeni contributes locally and internationally to the higher education sector as Chairman of the South African Business Schools Association (SABSA), a board member of the UN Global Compact Local Network South Africa (UNGC LN South Africa), founding Dean of Business Schools for Climate Leadership Africa, a member of the Academy of International Business Deans Roundtable (AIB), a member of the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Global Chapter Council, and a member of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and Business Graduates Association (BGA) Africa & Middle East Advisory Council.

Qualifications

• PhD (UP)
• MBA (Manchester)
• L.L.B (Unisa)
• B. Proc (Unisa)
• B. Juris (Unisa)

Core Discipline

• Strategy

Work Experience

• Non- Executive Director (UN Principles of Responsible Management Education)
• Non- Executive Director (Lombard Insurance Company)
• Dean (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Non- Executive Director (UN Global Compact Local Network)
• Interim Dean (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Non-Executive Director (Investec Bank Limited)
• Executive Director (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Senior Lecturer (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Non- Executive Director (King Price Life)
• Executive Director, Divisional CEO (MMI, Momentum Group)
• Administration and Legal (Liberty Life)

Significant Achievements

• GIBS 2020 MBA Core Permanent Faculty Teaching Award (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• GIBS 2020 Case Writing Award (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• GIBS 2018 MBA Core Permanent Faculty Teaching Award (shared) (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• GIBS 2019 MBA Core Permanent Faculty Teaching Award (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Aspen Institute Business and Society 2016 MBA Teaching Award (shared) (Aspen Institute)

Teaching/Coaching Experience

• Environment of Business (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• International Management Consulting (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Programme Director (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Strategic Leadership in Africa (Harvard Business School)
• Banking Board Leadership Programme (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Customised Strategic Leadership Courses (Gordon Institute of Business Science )