Riaan de Villiers
Publishing Consultant
A former journalist, Riaan de Villiers is a publishing consultant with many years of experience. He edits and produces all CDE's publications.
Dr Sandy Johnston
Senior Research Consultant
Sandy Johnston is a senior associate at CDE. He is a former professor of political science and head of the school of undergraduate studies in the faculty of human sciences at the University of Natal, Durban (now UKZN). He holds MA and M Ed degrees from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and a PhD from the University of Natal.
Dr Jeff McCarthy
Senior Research Consultant
Born and raised in KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Jeff McCarthy is a Consultant in Development Research and Strategy. He is based in Savannah, Mauritius; Provence, France; and Durban, South Africa. His Ph.D. was from the College of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the Ohio State University in 1979. He researched and lectured at numerous South African Universities, and was made Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1989. He is author of over a hundred books, journal articles and research monographs on urban and regional development. His most recent co-authored book (Urban Reconstruction in the Developing World) won the Gerd Allers Prize of the International Society of City Planners (ISOCARP) for the best planning book reviewed internationally in its year (2005). He is a former Senior Manager: Urban Policy and Board Member at the Urban Foundation, Johannesburg, and was a founding Board Member of CDE. He currently consults mainly to the private sector and international development agencies on the economics of urban and regional development.
Prof Lawrence Schlemmer
Director of the strategic research company MarkData
One of South Africa's foremost social scientists, Prof Schlemmer is a former dean of the faculty of social science at the University of Natal, director of the Centre for Policy Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, and vice-president of the Human Sciences Research Council. Until recently he was the director of the Helen Suzman Foundation. He is an elected founder member of the South African Academy of Science, and an honorary professor in development studies at the University of Potchefstroom. He has participated in large policy research projects for various government departments, parastatal bodies, NGOs, and corporations, and is involved as a consultant in various local development projects.
Dr Nick Segal
Independent consultant and director of companies
Nick Segal has had a diverse career in South Africa and abroad. A chemical engineer and economist by academic background, his career includes being director of the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, director of South African mining companies and president of the SA Chamber of Mines, founder and chief executive of SQW (an international economic development consultancy based in Cambridge, UK), director of a regional development strategy for northern England and senior economist on India in the World Bank. He has served on various advisory and governance bodies such as President Mandela’s Labour Market Commission, an EU panel on science and technology policy and regional development, the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand and the Cambridge Health Authority. He has also been involved in and published on a variety of issues, typically from the perspectives of economic development and the government-business interface, such as industrial as well as science/technology and spatial development policies, academic-industry linkages, SME development and corporate governance. He currently holds visiting positions at the Universities of Cambridge (Wolfson College) and of Pretoria.
Prof Stefan Schirmer
Research Consultant
Stefan Schirmer received his PhD in history in 1994 and obtained an honours degree in economics in 1995. He teaches economic history and development at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has published articles on land reform, on agricultural development and on economic growth in numerous local and international journals. He has spent many years consulting on ways to alleviate poverty, overcoming the legacies of Apartheid and promoting economic growth.
Prof Charles Simkins
Head of the School of Commerce, Philosophy and Applied Ethics, St Augustine College, Johannesburg
One of South Africa's best-known development economists, Prof Simkins is an expert in demography, poverty and income distribution, labour market analysis, and education financing. He is a consultant to the Department of Education and the Treasury, and a member of the Statistics Council. He has a BSc, an MA and a PhD (Economics).and is a Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD), based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Prof David Spurrett
Senior Manager: Research and Projects
David Spurrett (PhD, University of Natal) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he is a former Head of School, and former member of the University Council. He has conducted research and published in several academic fields, and has extensive editing and managerial experience.
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