I remember being so excited to receive an offer from the Wits Business School for the PDM 2013 – 2014. It felt so prestigious to attend classes at the Parktown campus, and the other students and I were eager to take in as much knowledge as possible, as quickly as possible. Most lecturers were fantastic…
My WBS story is one that will be forever fulfilling; it was full of goodness, headaches, hard work, and in the end strong corporate networks and friendships to last me a lifetime. Being a WBS alumnus will give me lifelong confidence, the knowledge that I gained gave me wings to fly and opened career doors…
Honoured to be part of this prestigious institution
The HDPM gave me a very good background into the world of business, thanks WBS. I was in the HDPM (as it was known then ) class of 1980. I have forgotten the names of the ladies in this pic with me, but I remember they were nice ladies. After WBS I got a…
Tony Norton, MD of Standard Merchant Bank addressed our MBA class. He talked about merchant banking and corporate finance- stock exchanges, raising capital, mergers, acquisitions financial instruments, risk and reward, and corporate valuations. I knew definitively that I wanted to go into investment banking. When the first opportunity arose I fortuitously joined SMB. Most merchant…
Most people will think back on their days at WBS and will reminisce about the stimulating academic challenges and the inspiring interesting social interactions. Many alumni will enthusiastically tell tales of subsequent business and personal success. But I would like to recall a life lesson, instilled in us during a 1996 PDM class. Margie Sutherland…