Developing Leadership: Insights from Ten Years of Practice

Overview of the event:

Leadership matters. The quality of leadership will determine the quality of our development outcomes. Focusing on leadership (for development) is a key objective of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, which is also tasked with upholding the leadership legacy of Nelson Mandela. Dr Marianne Camerer is a Senior Lecturer who curated the Emerging African Leaders Programme (2015 – 2018) and currently convenes a masters course on Ethical Leadership and Public Accountability as part of the academic offerings of the School. An Academic Visitor with the Programme for Global Leadership at DPIR, she will share the leadership approach of the School as well as current projects she is engaged in to support anti-corruption agencies and prosecuting authorities in the region.

Speaker bio:

Dr Marianne Camerer is an interdisciplinary and engaged scholar working on anti-corruption, democratic governance and accountable leadership. She convenes the Public Leadership and Governance module of the Master of Development Policy and Practice (MDPP) at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town, and supervises Masters and PhD students in this area. From 2014 – 2019 she directed the Building Bridges leadership development platform at the School and curated the several leadership programmes, including the Emerging African Leaders Programme (EALP) and Women, Influence, Power Programme (WIPP). Before joining UCT (in 2014) she co-founded the international NGO, Global Integrity in Washington DC and spearheaded governance research at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). She has consulted for several international organisations, most recently the Independent Evaluation Section of the UNODC. As a research associate of the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) within UCT’s Public Law Department she is supporting a UCT/UNODC partnership on enhancing the independence, integrity and inclusivity of heads of anti-corruption agencies and prosecuting authorities in the SADC region. She currently serves as a Trustee of the Institute for Security Studies and is on the board of Corruption Watch, South Africa.

Marianne holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of Witwatersrand on “Corruption and Reform in Democratic South Africa”(2009) as well as masters’ degrees from Oxford (Comparative Social Research) and Stellenbosch University (Political Philosophy). Marianne is a qualified leadership coach and a Yale World Fellow (2005). She is married to the philosopher Patrick Giddy with whom she has a son, Thomas.

Current research projects:

· Whistleblowing and building resilient democratic institutions against corruption systems in Africa, with Dr Hafte Gebrihet (post-doc) for UCT SDG Book, UCT Press 2025.

· "MNCs and State Capture in South Africa: Pre, Trans and Post the disclosure" with colleagues at the UCT Graduate School of Business.

· "Civil Society and Anti-Corruption Policy Reforms in South Africa: From the National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF) to the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC)”

· Case studies of corporations involved in state capture in South Africa.

Event details:

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Edward Brooks, Director of the Programme for Global Leadership, Department of Politics and International Relations.

Date: 25 November 2024

Time: 16:30 - 17:30 (please arrive by 16:25)

Location: Seminar Room D, Manor Road Building (2nd Floor)

Format: In-person event

If you have any questions regarding the event, please write to [email protected].

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