FACULTY

Daniel Hasson

Daniel is the Executive Director of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center (JICC*) since 2021. He emigrated to Israel in 2000 from SA, and has held senior leadership positions in a range of Israeli non-profit and civil society organizations, spanning civil and human rights, formal and informal education, health, welfare and social integration. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Contemporary Jewish Life and Thought from the UCT, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Hebrew University. Daniel lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

*The Jerusalem Intercultural Center (JICC) is an independent, non-profit organization, established in 1999 with a vision for an inclusive, tolerant, and vibrant Jerusalem for all.

JICC works at the individual, communal, and institutional levels in to strengthen civil society, build communal resilience, and alleviate urban inequities, addressing the needs of all Jerusalemites and relates to the city as one urban unit. JICC enjoys rare legitimacy with all major communities: Ultra/ModernOrthodox and Secular Jews, and Christian/Muslim Arabs. JICC uses the rich complexity and diversity of the City of Jerusalem to reduce friction and advance best practices of diversity, inclusion and equality in major agencies at local and national levels

Roy Gluckman

“I WAS THE PROBLEM, SO I DECIDED TO BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION!” Roy speaks passionately on all matters relating to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. Roy believes in having tough conversations, and approaching complex material with an honesty, authenticity, and simplicity. Roy has mastered the art of making the difficult subject matter easily digestible for audiences of all types and for all occasions and believes in empowering participants to discuss the “undiscussable”.

Dr Marianne Camerer

Senior Lecturer at Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town. Specialisation: ethical leadership, anti-corruption and democratic accountability. From 2014-2019 she directed the Building Bridges leadership development platform and initiated the Emerging African Leaders Programme (EALP) and Women, Influence, Power Programme (WIPP). She co-founded the international anti-corruption NGO, Global Integrity and headed anti-corruption research at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). Marianne is an integral coach (UCT’s GSB Centre for Coaching) and holds masters’ degrees in comparative social research and political philosophy from Oxford and Stellenbosch Universities. She has a Ph.D. in Political Studies (Wits) on “Corruption and Reform in Democratic South Africa”.

Professor Adam Mendelsohn

Adam is Professor of History, Cohen Chair in Jewish Civilisation, and Director of the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies at UCT. The Centre, the only of its kind in Africa, conducts research focused on Jews in southern Africa, past and present.

Professor Richard Mendelsohn

Professor Richard Mendelsohn is the former head of the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Cape Town, previously Deputy Dean of UCT’s Faculty of Humanities. He teaches Jewish history at the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning in Cape Town. Author of Sammy Marks: The Uncrowned King of the Transvaal, a co-editor of Memories, Realities and Dreams: Aspects of the South African Jewish Experience, and co-author with Professor Milton Shain of The Jews in South Africa. An illustrated History. He was a winner of both the University’s Distinguished Teachers Award and of its Book Prize.

Rabbi Gideon Pogrund

is the founder and director of the GIBS Ethics and Governance Think Tank and co-founder of the Ethics Evolution. He works closely with business, government, and civil society leaders. A Cambridge University graduate and senior rabbi, he is an educator and represents the Jewish community in high-level government, interfaith, and academic forums. He consults with blue-chip companies to improve their ethics management.

Dr Beverly Shrand

has an MBA and a PhD, specialising in Organisational Psychology. She is a member of the UCT Graduate School of Business faculty. Beverly’s expertise lies in applied-systems thinking, which she offers to postgraduate and executive, education-management, development programmes. Beverly recently launched UCT GSB’s Master’s in International Management programme. She is Academic Director of the programme, and programme director/facilitator at Henley Business School Africa and course convenor of GSB’s Executive development Programme.

Dr Grant Sieff

Dr Grant Sieff is the CEO of IC Growth Group and founded the Centre for Consulting & Strategy. He is visiting and adjunct professor UCT GSB and Rhodes University. He specialises in leadership and strategy development, management consulting, innovation and change, and corporate education. He has degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from UCT, an MA (Psychology) and MBA from University of Sydney, and a PhD from UJ in Strategic Leadership.

Dvorah Stein

Dvorah Stein is a People and Culture Strategist and Professional Certified Coach (PCC). She has a background in Industrial Psychology and 20 years’ experience in the field of people development, Human Resources and Learning and Development. Dvorah Stein’s methodology is designed to ignite new ways of thinking, doing and being – through radical self-discovery and purpose-driven action. Dvorah uses an Integral approach (IPCP TCC), holding the whole person, their system, relationships, and their context in mind.

Her awareness of the organizational culture and strategic perspective feeds into the approach. The coaching process is a catalyst for elevating your inner and outer game to take you, your team and your organization to the next level – sustainably and authentically. Dvorah is a Certified Five Lens Enneagram Practitioner, ICF member and Certified Coach and practices within the ICF Code of Ethics.

Nachi Mendelow

is a passionate educator, strong communicator and storyteller, digital marketing expert and a supply chain specialist, with an MBA. He has taught Mysticism & Kabbalah for Melton and is currently teaching the Yesod 2.0 Leadership Inspired & Refined course which is a collaboration between EOLI & Melton.

Nikki Wohlman

is an Executive Coach, Facilitator and Organisational Learning Specialist. She has 20 years’ experience in designing, managing and delivering leadership development, culture change and strategic transformation initiatives. Using the integral lens, she invites the whole person into the learning process, thereby making space to interrogate current patterns of thinking and behaviour, identifying new possibilities, and building sustainable competencies with outcomes that deeply matter.

Maxine Jaffit

Maxine unlocks human and organizational potential to navigate complexity and build adaptively resilient organisations. She consults to organizations in SA and USA. For 20 years, she has been Adjunct faculty at GIBS lecturing on MBA and Phil programs, facilitating corporate and executive development programs. Maxine consults across a range of industries and international law firms, Google, USA, for 14 years, delivering leadership and change initiatives, immersive experiences for executives, and conducting research and development. She has an MSc In Organizational Psychology and her Doctoral Research is on Adaptive Resilience.