- mbali@unizulu.ac.za
- Hosted by Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law
- 5 to 8 Aug 2024
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John Luiz: Professor of International Management and Strategy at the University of Sussex Business School, and at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town.
He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California Los Angeles, at Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, at the Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy, a Senior Global Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Institute for Advanced Study at the Central European University in Hungary, the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin, a Visiting Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and a Research Affiliate at Columbia University in New York. He is a member of various professional bodies and was President of the Economic Society of South Africa.
He was appointed by the South African Cabinet to the national South African Statistics Council and served from 2013-2018. He is on the Editorial Board of several journals and a referee for over a dozen more. John has published in excess of 150 publications including around 100 articles in leading journals.
He works as a consultant and has undertaken work for the United Nations, African Development Bank, UK Department for International Development, Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Industrial Development Corporation, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the United States Agency for International Development, amongst others. He is active in executive education and consulting at several leading multinational corporations, public entities, and NGOs.
In addition, he has served in a number of senior leadership roles in the bank, including Managing Executive of Retail and Business Banking in KwaZulu-Natal, Head of Market Leadership and Change in Absa Business Bank as well as Regional Executive of Private Bank in the Northern Region. Faisal was also a Managing Director with Barclays Bank Mozambique.
Faisal started his career at Absa in 1996, has over 25 years of banking experience and a solid track record in Retail and Business Banking. His experience spans Public Sector, Small Business, Corporate and Business Banking and Vehicle Finance. As a project lead, he has played a pivotal role in driving key projects across the Group to enable the establishment of Market Leadership in Business Banking.
