Tito becomes Wits professor

31 July 2015 - 02:37 By RDM News Wire

Tito Mboweni, formerly a labour minister and governor of the Reserve Bank, will join Wits University from tomorrow as an honorary professor in the School of Economic and Business Sciences. Mboweni, a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee, was recently appointed to the board of the New Development Bank (Brics Bank) as a non-executive director.He is also an adviser to Goldman Sachs International.Adam Habib, the vice-chancellor, of Wits, said: "Given our current economic circumstances and Africa's role in the global economy, we require many more intellectuals of the calibre of Mboweni to influence young minds and to develop our future leaders." ..

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