Themba Mthombeni, BCom (Hons.) Wits, MBL (Unisa), has strengths in human resources, diversity management and general business consulting.  He has occupied several senior management positions with the Anglo American and de Beers Groups.  He served as Senior Consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers where his field was strategic change and human resource management.

Themba is a director of Cape Tourism and operates his own travel business in Cape Town. Themba brings HR skills to the team.  While serving as HR manager in the de Beers Group he developed an excellent working knowledge of key result area formulation and implementation and is also familiar with the Balanced Scorecard.  He is a director of the Strategy Institute and holds 26% equity.

Nico Walters, MBA, PhD a specialist in intellectual property and strategy, previously Group Executive with the MRC.  He has fields of experience include the public sector, health and pharmaceutical fields and developing multi-sectoral public - private partnerships. His client base has included Department of Health, Agricultural Research Council, CSIR, Pretoria City Council, SANDF, Department of Trade and Industry and the MRC.

Nico's personal core competencies include strategy, business development systems, marketing, technology strategy and management, and performance and knowledge management. He has several board appointments that include the National Laser Institute and the WHO, and Medical Investments.

Click HERE for his 3 page CV.

Glen Mansfield, is the founder of the Strategy Institute.  He has been advising and assisting businesses in the fields of technology and strategy since the early 1980s. He recently completed a PhD at Stellenbosch University researching strategies developed by South African "new-economy" firms.

His consulting and project management engagements have involved work in Africa, South America and the UK. His local clients have included the Sure Travel Group, the Medical Research Council, BP Southern Africa, BMW and Sanlam. His prior management experience includes senior consulting, strategy and marketing positions with KPMG, CSIR, First National Bank and others.  He has served on the boards of several companies.

In addition to his management skills, Glen sees himself as a strategy evangelist.  His research has shown that there are definitely better ways to run businesses in today's economy.  This is the background to his formation of this Institute.

Click HERE for his 5 page CV.