Alumni on the move
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Congratulations to all alumni achievers on achievements and promotions in the month of September
Accountancy
Australia-headquartered Perseus Mining appointed Lee-Anne de Bruin (BCom 1999, BAcc 2000) as its new CFO from 1 November 2020. Most recently, she served as the CFO of Australia-based Resolute Mining for three years. Prior to that, she served as a CFO for companies like Newmont Goldcorp Corporation and Gem Diamonds.
Bank Windhoek announced Zenaune Kamberipa (BAcc 2010) as its new chief financial officer from September 2020.
PolyMet Mining Board elected David Fermo (BCom 1975) to its board of directors from retirement. He is chair of the Audit Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. He worked for Paine Webber, Goldman Sachs Asset Management followed by JP Morgan.
Isaac Nkululeko Malevu (BCom 1997) has been appointed as CFO of the IDC from 1 October. He was CFO of Standard Bank, and previously Audit Partner at Ernst & Young. 
Kevin Ssemwogerere (BAcc 2011, HDip Acc 2013, MCom 2015) was finalist in top under 35s in the Digital Innovation Intrapreneur Lead in the CIB Digital Division, Standard Bank Group.
Business School
Dr Phindile Masangane (MBA 2006) was appointed as Chair of the Royal Science and Technology Park in Eswatini. She is also currently the Chief Executive Officer of the upstream oil and gas regulatory authority, Petroleum Agency South Africa.
Simphiwe Mehlomakulu (MBA 1999) was appointed as independent non-executive director of Super Group, the transport and logistics company.
Architecture
Joshil Naran (BAS 2018, BAS Hons 2020), a Master’s student in Architecture, has been selected to showcase his work at the Dutch Design Week, a global festival of creatives and innovators.
Kate Otten (BArch 1987) was inaugurated as the South African Institute of Architects President.
Engineering
The Davidson School of Engineering welcomed Dr Cornelius Masuku (BSc Eng 2005, PhD 2004, HDipCompSc 2014; BSc Hons 2017) as associate Professor of Engineering. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher in Lorenz T Biegler’s Group at Carnegie Mellon University.
Herman (Hermmanth) Singh (BSc Eng 1981, GDE 1985, MBA 1990) joined Telkom board as independent non-executive director from 25 September 2020. He is CEO of Future Advisory, an international firm specialising in digital transformation projects in corporates and start-up acceleration.
Medicine
Dr Lizelle Crous (MSc Nurs 2015, PhD 2020) was awarded the Phillip Tobias Medal and Convocation Teacher’s Award for Clinical Teaching.
Dr Stella Iacovides (BSc Hons 2005, PhD 2014), senior lecturer in the School of Physiology, received the prestigious Faculty of Health Sciences research prize. The publication must be of exceptional quality within the discipline and is judged to be of winning standard considering the Impact Factor of the journal in which the paper appeared, the rank of the journal in the discipline, and the quality of the research paper itself. The Impact Factor is an indication of the likely impact a journal may have in the scientific community as calculated by the Institute for Scientific Information.
Dr Brett Kaplan (MBBCh 1997, MBA 2003) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Compass Therapeutics and as Chair of the Audit Committee. He is the Chief Financial Officer of Prevail Therapeutics a gene therapy biotechnology company focused on neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr Kathleen Kahn (MBBCh 1984) received the 2020 Alumni Award of Merit from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, US. She is Chief Scientist at the Wits Medical Research Council/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit. She leads the Interdisciplinary PhD programme in Public and Population Health. The award acknowledges Kahn’s “substantial contributions to population health research and policy translation, equitable community health in rural southern Africa, and public health education.” 
Dr Gareth Raman (MBBCh 2002, DOH 2019) received the Joan and Ian Webster Medal in Occupational Health from the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences as the most distinguished diplomate in the PG Diploma in Occupational Health.
Previn Ramiah (BPharm 2018) was awarded the Joe Veriava Bioethics Medal in recognition of the advancement of bioethics and human rights in healthcare. He previously was also winner of the Social Media Challenge for his adaptation of a chemistry lab (using Minecraft), which linked concepts and chemical reactions in a virtual cost-effectively and with decreased environmental impact.
Humanities
Biqees Mahomed (BA Social 2020) was named regional winner of the Africa and Middle East region of the Global Undergraduate Awards.
Tracey Munro (BSc 1995, PDipEd 1995) was appointed as 2021 Principal of Epworth High School for Girls in Pietermaritzburg, KZN.
Science
Edward Nkadimeng (BSc 2019) has been appointed to lead a community of physicists and engineers in 26 institutes from the US and Europe at CERN. He is also the recipient of the prestigious 2020 Southern African Institute of Nuclear Technology and Sciences fellowship from iThemba LABS of the NRF. 
Humphry Tlou (BSc 2016, BSc Hons 2017, MSc 2019) is currently the TileCal Data Acquisition expert and has been appointed to facilitate the smooth running of the facility during the Long Shutdown 2 at CERN. He is also the recipient of the 2020 PhD SA-CERN Excellence Scholarship.
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