EXPERIENCE
Highlights
2021
PUBLICATION - THINKING THE FUTURE: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
"Every book has a mission. Ours is to draw on the wisdom of giants, past and present, to help you think more effectively about the future. In the process, we hope you will make better decisions affecting your own and other people’s lives."
2021 - Present
GROWING FOXES EDUCATION PROGRAMME ROLLOUT
Partnered with the Western Education Department to roll out the Growing Foxes programme to tens of thousands of high school students across quintile 3 schools.
2018 - Present
DESIGNER AND FACILITATOR OF THE AFRICAN UNION EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAMME
Designed and facilitated the African Union’s Emerging Leaders Programme in Addis Ababa, in 2018, 2019, and 2020, bringing together outstanding emerging leaders from every country on the African continent.
2019
LEAD - SADC SCENARIOS TO 2050
Led a multi-stakeholder team that developed the South African Development Community’s (SADC) Scenarios for the SADC Vision 2050 Strategic Development Plan.
2017
PUBLICATION - FAKE NEWS: A ROAD MAP
Author of When Dishonesty is the Best Policy: Lying as a Strategy in Leadership, in Fake News: A Roadmap, published by the NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence (2017). This was adopted as evidence in the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into Disinformation and Fake News.
EDUCATION
Degrees and Achievements
King's College London
MASTERS
Intelligence and International Security, Distinction
University of Cape Town
HONOURS
Philosophy, Distinction
University of Cape Town
BSOCSCI
Philosophy and International Relations
Class Medal: Foreign Policy Analysis
Dean's Merit List