Dr Cecile Proches | Non-Executive Board Member
Cecile Gerwel Proches is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). She holds a PhD (Leadership Studies), MCom (Leadership Studies), BCom Hons (Industrial and Organisational Psychology), and BCom (majoring in Business Management and Industrial and Organisational Psychology).
Cecile presently lectures on the Leadership modules of the Master of Commerce in Leadership Studies (MCLS), and the Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership (PGDLD), as well as the Research Methodology module on the Master of Business Administration (MBA), and in previous years, taught on the MBA Leadership module, and Practitioner Research / Action Research module on the PGDLD.
She has supervised several postgraduate students (MBA, MCLS coursework and 100% research, and Doctoral students) and also serves as external examiner for various national universities. Cecile served as Programme Coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership (and formerly Leadership and Management) in the GSB&L for close to 10 years.
Cecile has also facilitated on the Management Development (MDP) and Management for Impact (MFI) Programmes, and other leadership development short courses / executive education. Her teaching, research, supervisory and consulting interests include leadership, change management, organisational culture, and organisational behaviour. Cecile has presented at several national and international conferences, and has published a number of papers in academic journals, as well as book chapters, conference papers, and popular articles.