The Oxford Leadership Prize

Kurt April

Associate Fellow, Said Business School. Professor in Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Kurt April is an Associate Fellow of Said Business School (University of Oxford, UK). He is also a Sainsbury Fellow and Professor of Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), Faculty Member of Duke Corporate Education (Duke University, USA), Research Fellow of Ashridge (UK) and Visiting Professor at Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University, Netherlands).

Outside of academia, Kurt is Managing Partner of LICM Consulting (South Africa), is a Non-Executive Director of Achievement Awards Group (South Africa), Member of the International Advisory Council to Novartis International (Switzerland), Member of the Special Agenda Council on Talent & Diversity of the World Economic Forum (Switzerland), and Head of an International D&I Advisory Faculty of the NHS (UK).

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (UK), Member of the Academy of Management (USA), Member of the British Academy of Management (UK), Member of the International Positive Psychology Association (USA), Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (USA), and in 2009 was placed in both the 'Top 100 Educators in the Globe' list (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK) as well as in the 'Who's Who in the World' (Marquis, New York, USA).

He is an Advisory Board Member of the Knowledge Management Professional Society (USA), Advisory Board Member of A.T. Management Review (China), Editorial Board Member of Annual Review of High Performance Coaching & Consulting (UK), Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Education (USA), Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Information Systems & Social Change (USA), and Editorial Board Member of the South African Journal of Business Management (South Africa).

Kurt holds a PhD, Cert(JP), MBA, MSc(Eng), HDE, BSc(Eng), Dip(EE), Dip(LS) completed at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Oxford (UK) and Wingfield College (South Africa). In addition to being a sought after international speaker and consultant for major (private- and public-) organisations around the globe, he has published over 80 academic articles, and written 7 books (with 3 more appearing in 2010).

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