Changes are a foot at Regent Business School (RBS) in Durban as its new Principal, Professor Marvin Kambuwa, assumes his position and works with the RBS team to implement its plans to guide the School into a new phase in its continued quest for excellence.

Professor Kambuwa assumed his position as principal on 1st April 2010. He brings to the School over 30 years’ experience as a senior manager in both the public and private sectors, including service as a diplomat (Ottawa and London). From 1998 – 2008 he was Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he served as Director of the Graduate School of Business (University of Durban-Westville 1998-2004) and Director of the Management Faculty’s Project Management and Training Unit (UKZN 2005-2008). Professor Kambuwa successfully coordinated the merger of the business schools of the former UDW and Natal University and spearheaded the accreditation of the UKZN’s MBA by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in 2004. Since 2003 he has assisted the CHE in evaluating higher education programmes for accreditation. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Advisory Council of CTI Educational Group and Chairperson of the Academic Board of Midrand Graduate Institute.

Professor Kambuwa has consulted widely in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. His qualifications include a BA degree cum laude from the University of Malawi (1975), an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, USA (1987) and MA in Organisational Analysis and Behaviour from Lancaster University’s Management School, UK (1991). He has been a recipient of various awards, including an Edward S Mason Fellowship, Harvard Institute for International Development (1986-87), Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award, UDW (2003) and Distinguished Alumnus Award, GSB, UKZN (2008).

Commenting on his first two weeks at RBS, Professor Kambuwa said that he is excited to join RBS and is familiar with RBS as a brand with a loyal following among its Alumni and other stakeholders. This is because of the relevance of its programmes to the needs of stakeholders and the excellent service provided by its staff. His primary goal now is to work with the RBS team in order for the school to achieve a higher profile in the province, the country and other African countries.  “We can do this by continuing to strengthen interactions with our Alumni, and providing value for money to students, commerce and industry, government and other institutions”.

Professor Marvin Kambuwa

Principal of Regent Business School