Rob Croll, MBA, 1974-1975

ByWBSComms August 7, 2018May 17, 2019

The life skills learnt, in-particular from Dave Cawood, have stood me in good stead throughout my working life.

Deidre Proxenos, MBA, 1997

ByWBSComms August 7, 2018May 17, 2019

Whilst doing the MAP programme, I had this desire to do the MBA and with not having an undergrad degree – thought it was impossible. Of the 30 students accepted onto the full-time programme, there were three places offered to students without an undergrad degree – I was exceptionally fortunate to be granted one of…

50 Year Celebration

Rutendo Nxumalo, Marketing Manager, MM-SM, 2016

ByWBSComms July 29, 2015May 17, 2019

I had no idea how prominent the Wits and WBS brand was when I joined the institution. What was initially supposed to be a short contract for 6 months has turned into 10 years of the most significant years of my life to date. I have been exposed to both worlds – that of a…

50 Year Celebration

Ajay Jivan, Phd, 2017

ByWBSComms May 24, 2018May 17, 2019

The day I handed-in my final Phd thesis at 12:12pm… WBS holds many dear memories for me. There were many days of toil, tentativeness, and tenacious rigour; along with little tests and triumphs as I found my way through my PhD journey. There were the different architectures with many learning and sensorial spaces to hear,…

50 Year Celebration

David Smith, Exchange Student 2013

ByWBSComms February 27, 2013May 17, 2019

What truly set me on my path of enlightenment began at registration. I saw a self-identification box to check “Coloured” when I completed my registration form for my I.D. and I was dumbfounded. I studied abroad [at WBS] from Jan-March 2013 via Kelley School of Business, Indiana University as part of the Partnership in International Management (PIM) network….

50 Year Celebration

Ntombifuthi Taiwe, MAP, 2018

ByWBSComms August 20, 2018May 16, 2019

Our journey to C-suites

50 Year Celebration

Jack Hochfeld, MBA, 1975-76

ByWBSComms August 12, 1975May 17, 2019

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…

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