Business Management
Welcome to Stellenbosch University

Academic Staff

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Email for all academic staff (Department secretary, Lorraine Cilliers): lorrainecilliers@sun.ac.za

Telephone number for all academic staff (Department secretary): +27 (0)21 808 2026

Chair of the Department

Prof Gert Human  
Prof Gert Human

PROFESSOR

HOD: Department of Business Management

Research focus area: Strategy | Industrial Marketing

Teaching area: Strategic Management

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Marketing Management

Prof Chris Pentz 
Prof Chris Pentz | Chair: Marketing Management

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Research focus area: Strategic and Global Marketing | Wine Marketing

Teaching area: Strategic and Global Marketing

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Dr Lené Ehlers 
Dr Lené Ehlers

SENIOR LECTURER

Research focus area: Retail | Consumer Behaviour | Digital Marketing

Teaching area: Retail Management | Marketing Communication

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Dr Debbie Human-Van Eck 
Dr Debbie Human-Van Eck

senior LECTURER

Research focus area: Marketing Communication |Brand Management |Brand Purpose Creativity | Consumer Psychology | Design Thinking

Teaching area: Marketing Communication | Consumer Behaviour | Brand Management | Digital Marketing

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Dr Stefanie Kühn 
Dr Stefanie Kühn

SENIOR LECTURER

Research focus area: Relationship Marketing | Consumer Behaviour

Teaching area: Marketing Management | Marketing Research

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Prof Edwin Theron 
Prof Edwin Theron

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Research focus area: Marketing, with specialisation in Relationship Marketing

Teaching area: Services Marketing | Advanced Marketing

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Lucea Toerien 
Lucea Toerien

LECTURER

Research focus area: Public Health Communication | Neurophysiological Research

Teaching area: Marketing

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Financial Management

Annalien de Vries 
Dr Annalien de Vries | Chair: Financial Management

Senior LECTURER

Research focus area: Financial Management | Behavioural Finance

Teaching area: Financial Management | Investment Management | Behavioural Finance

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Prof Pierre Erasmus 
Prof Pierre Erasmus

PROFESSOR

Research focus area: Financial Management | Value-based Financial Management

Teaching area: Financial Planning and Forecasting

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Ruth Johnson 
Ruth Johnson

LECTURER

Research focus area: Financial Management | Environment, Social and Corporate Governance Factors (ESG)

Teaching area: Financial Management

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Prof Nadia Mans-Kemp 
Prof Nadia Mans-Kemp

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Research focus area: Corporate Governance | Corporate Finance

Teaching area: Financial Management

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Hanli Mulholland 
Hanli Mulholland

LECTURER

Research focus area: Business Research | Process Improvement | Lean Six Sigma

Teaching area: Business Research | Process Improvement | Lean Six Sigma

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Dewald Smit 
Dewald Smit

LECTURER

Research focus area: Financial Management

Teaching area: Financial Management

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Prof Suzette Viviers 
Prof Suzette Viviers

PROFESSOR

Research focus area: Responsible Investing | Shareholder Activism | Impact Investing | Proxy Voting

Teaching area: Financial Management | Investment Management | Business Ethics

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Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Lelani Maree 
Lelani Maree | Chair: Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

LECTURER

Research focus area: Innovation | Corporate Entrepreneurship

Teaching area: Innovation | Corporate Entrepreneurship

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Anika Berning 
Dr Anika Berning

LECTURER AND ACADEMIC COORDINATOR: FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

Research focus area: Strategic Management | Management Control Systems

Teaching area: Business Management | Strategic Management

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Prof Gert Human  
Prof Gert Human

PROFESSOR

HOD: Department of Business Management

Research focus area: Strategy | Industrial Marketing

Teaching area: Strategic Management

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Sabrina Matthee 
Sabrina Matthee

LECTURER

Research focus area: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Teaching area: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management | SMME Development

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Adolph Neethling 
Adolph Neethling

LECTURER

Research focus area: Entrepreneurship | Small Business Management | SMME Development

Teaching area: Entrepreneurship | Small Business Management

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Goosain Solomon 
Goosain Solomon

LECTURER

Research focus area: Entrepreneurship | Small Business Management | SMME Development

Teaching area: Entrepreneurship | Small Business Management

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Chanel Venter 
Chanel Venter

LECTURER

Research focus area: Organisational Sustainability | Strategic Management

Teaching area: Strategic Management | Management of Corporate Social Responsibility

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Investment Management (Financial Planning)

Lomari Theart 
Lomari Theart | Chair: Investment Management

LECTURER

Research focus area: Investment Management | Financial Derivatives

Teaching area: Investment Management

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Phillip Ferreira 
Phillip Ferreira

LECTURER

Research focus area: Financial Management | Value-based Financial Management

Teaching area: Financial Planning and Forecasting

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Elze-Mari Roux 
Derick Fourie

LECTURER

Research focus area: Value investing, Investment Management

Teaching area: Financial Planning and Investment Management

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Elze-Mari Roux 
Elze-Mari Roux

LECTURER

Research focus area: Retirement Planning | Consumer Finance

Teaching area: Financial Planning | Investments

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Johan Steyn 
Johan Steyn

LECTURER

Research focus area: Investment Management

Teaching area: Investment Management

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Emile Terblanche 
Emile Terblanche

LECTURER

Research focus area: Investment management | Fixed income

Teaching area: Investment management | Fixed income

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Elze-Mari Roux 
Valdon Theron

SENIOR LECTURER

Research focus area: Investment management | Fixed income

Teaching area: Investment management | Fixed income

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International Management

Prof Pierre Erasmus 
Prof Pierre Erasmus

PROFESSOR

Research focus area: Financial Management | Value-based Financial Management

Teaching area: Financial Planning and Forecasting

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