Prof. Robert Rugimbana appointed UoK Vice Chancellor

Commenting on the appointment, the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Philibert Afrika said that Professor Rugimbana brings to the Vice Chancellor role, a wealth of administrative university experience and scholarship having worked in important university governance roles such as serving as Executive Dean, Campus Rector, Associate Dean, Director of a Graduate School and Head of Department.

In accepting the appointment, the incoming Vice Chancellor expressed his appreciation to UoK’s Board of Promoters for the opportunity offered him and pledged to continue lifting the national and international reputation of the University.

Prof. Robert Rugimbana is a Professor of Marketing and a rated South African National Research Foundation scholar. He undertook his graduate studies in Australia and ended up being promoted to the Professoriate at Griffith University in Brisbane Queensland. Professor Rugimbana has taught, researched, supervised, and examined Masters and PhD thesis of students in a range of Business/Marketing/entrepreneurship areas.

He has also served on several Academic Governance Review Panels including Avondale College, Australia. In South Africa, Professor Robert Rugimbana has worked with consultancies in various capacity building projects and senior advisory roles in Universities such as University of Western Cape, University of Limpopo, the Da Vinci Institute and the new EDUVOS Private University, formerly Pearson Institute of Higher Education.

Professor Robert Rugimbana has several international peer reviewed journals to his credit and completed an edited book on Cross-Cultural Marketing, published by Thomson Learning International Business Press – UK.

He has also served as a senior consultant for several large Australian Organizations including one of the four largest banks in Australia, the Australian New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and The South Australian Association of Credit Unions.

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