Professor Raymond Parsons teaches Executive Economics for the MBA students.

He studied economics at the Universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Copenhagen before playing a leading role in organized business in SA for many years. Prof Parsons is a former Director-General of the SA Chamber of Business (SACOB). Until 2012, he was the Deputy CEO of BUSA and subsequently a Special Policy Advisor to that organization until April 2014. He has also lectured at the Department of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Prof Parsons was the Overall Business Convenor at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) until 2010, which is the major social dialogue institution in South Africa. He is a key contributor to public and academic debate on a broad spectrum of issues of critical importance to the political economy of SA and is a recognized authority on the SA economy and its implications for the business community.

Prof Parsons was mainly responsible for the creation of South Africa’s first quarterly Policy Uncertainty Index, which was launched under the aegis of the NWU Business School in 2016. In 2023, Prof Raymond received two annual NWU Media & OCBR Awards as the academic who generated the most media coverage for the university in 2022. From 2000-2003, he was Visiting Professor at the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. Prof Parsons also holds an Honorary Doctorate from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) and is an Honorary Professor there. He is a Past-President of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA). In 2017, ESSA conferred honorary life membership on him in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the economics profession in SA.

In 2004, former President Thabo Mbeki appointed Professor Parsons to the Board of Directors of the SA Reserve Bank, and he was reappointed in 2008. He was also a director of the SA Mint.

He is the author/editor of seven books:

• The Mbeki Inheritance: SA’s Economy 1990-2004;
• Parson’s Perspective: Focus on the Economy;
• Manuel Markets and Money: Essays in Appraisal;
• Zumanomics: Which way to shared prosperity in South Africa?;
• Zumanomics Revisited: The Road from Mangaung to 2030;
• Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: The Role of Business in South Africa; and recently,
• Recession, Recovery, and Reform: South Africa after Covid-19.

Professor Raymond Parsons teaches Executive Economics for the MBA students.

He studied economics at the Universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Copenhagen before playing a leading role in organized business in SA for many years. Prof Parsons is a former Director-General of the SA Chamber of Business (SACOB). Until 2012, he was the Deputy CEO of BUSA and subsequently a Special Policy Advisor to that organization until April 2014. He has also lectured at the Department of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Prof Parsons was the Overall Business Convenor at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) until 2010, which is the major social dialogue institution in South Africa. He is a key contributor to public and academic debate on a broad spectrum of issues of critical importance to the political economy of SA and is a recognized authority on the SA economy and its implications for the business community.

Prof Parsons was mainly responsible for the creation of South Africa’s first quarterly Policy Uncertainty Index, which was launched under the aegis of the NWU Business School in 2016. In 2023, Prof Raymond received two annual NWU Media & OCBR Awards as the academic who generated the most media coverage for the university in 2022. From 2000-2003, he was Visiting Professor at the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. Prof Parsons also holds an Honorary Doctorate from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) and is an Honorary Professor there. He is a Past-President of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA). In 2017, ESSA conferred honorary life membership on him in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the economics profession in SA.

In 2004, former President Thabo Mbeki appointed Professor Parsons to the Board of Directors of the SA Reserve Bank, and he was reappointed in 2008. He was also a director of the SA Mint.

He is the author/editor of seven books:

• The Mbeki Inheritance: SA’s Economy 1990-2004;
• Parson’s Perspective: Focus on the Economy;
• Manuel Markets and Money: Essays in Appraisal;
• Zumanomics: Which way to shared prosperity in South Africa?;
• Zumanomics Revisited: The Road from Mangaung to 2030;
• Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: The Role of Business in South Africa; and recently,
• Recession, Recovery, and Reform: South Africa after Covid-19.

Albert van Zyl is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and has practiced focusing on civil litigation, he also practised as a forensic investigator at one of the big four auditing firms. In 2006 he joined the Programme for Forensic Accountancy in the School of Accounting Sciences of the North-West University as a Senior Lecturer. In 2012, he was appointed as Programme Leader. In 2019 he was seconded as a researcher to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture before joining the NWU Business School in January 2021, heading up the Unit for Corruption and Integrity Studies and lecturing on the MBA programme.

Albert serves on several audit committees in both the public and private sector. He is proud to be a full member, past company secretary, and, since October 2012, to have served as a board member of the Institute for Commercial Forensic Practitioners.

Education: 

• LLM (UFS)
• LLB (UFS)
• Bcom (Law) (UFS) 
• Certificate in Money Laundering Control (UJ)

Research interests/focus: 

• Corporate Governance
• Forensic Practice Accountancy
• Financial crime – in particular the combatting of fraudt and corruption  

Achievements: 

• In 2019, Albert  was seconded as a researcher to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
• Albert serves on several audit committees in the public and private sector. 
• Albert is proud to be a full member, past company secretary, and, since October 2012, to have served as a board member of the Institute for Commercial Forensic Practitioners.

Modules offered at the NWU Business School: 

• Corporate Governance 

Prof Ronnie Lotriet is a Professor of Strategy and Chairperson of the General Scientific Committee of the NWU Business School. He serves as an Exco member of the Provincial Chamber of Commerce and Industry and he also consults and advises businesses of various sizes on management issues. He has previously served as a Director of Tlokwe Development Consultants, Inc. and now Du Plessis & Associates Consultancy. 

He has received numerous accolades for teaching excellence and research, and has won an award for the best research paper in Ethics Management. He is a panel member of MBA Standards Development Committee of the Council on Higher Education: Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework. 

Education: 

• PhD
• MCom (cum laude)
• BCom (cum laude)
• Certificate in NOSA (Beroepsveiligheid) 
• Certificate in Labour Relations (cum laude) 
• Certificate in Project Management (cum laude)
• Certificate in Advanced Competitive Strategy (cum laude) (Ludwig-Maxmillians-Universität München, Germany)
• Certificates as an Accredited Higher Education Facilitator and Assessor

Research interests/focus: 

• General Management 
• Strategic Management 
• SMMEs
• Business Ethics
• Strategic-, Market- & Business Intelligence

Achievements: 

• Best presentation category winner – awarded the African Farm Management Association Conference
• Best debut research paper award in Ethics Management

Service to the Academic Community:

• Panel member of MBA Standards Development Committee of the Council on Higher Education: Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework

Service to the Business Community: 

• Exco member of the Provincial Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Publications: 

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ronnie_Lotriet
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fbMvS_wAAAAJ&hl=en 

Modules offered at the NWU Business School:

• Company Project (Capsule module)
• Strategic Management 

Prof PA Botha holds several degrees from the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Pretoria. Since 2010, Prof Botha has been a professor at North-West University and the acting Deputy Director at the Business School since March 2023. Before that, he served as the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at North-West University from 2010 to 2014. He was also an Academic Manager and Senior Lecturer in Public Management at Tshwane University of Technology’s Polokwane Campus from 1996 to 2009.

Education: 

• PhD in Organisational Behaviour
• MA in Public Management
• BA Honours in Public Management (Cum Laude)
• BA in Public Management

Research interests/focus: 

• Organisational Behaviour
• Human Resource Management
• Wellness in the workplace

Publications: 

• https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Petrus-A-Botha-2266804888 

Modules offered at the NWU Business School: 

•  Organisational Behaviour & Change