About Dr Lucky Mathebula

FM Lucky Mathebula is a University of Pretoria alumnus holding a Doctor of Administration degree. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. His PhD specialisation is in Intergovernmental relations. He is a contract special adviser to Cabinet Ministers and political advisors to the National Executive. He is a resource person for policy think tanks and policy forums. He is an analyst, groupthink facilitator, scenario thinker, and business strategist. He is a Sunday Times and TimesLive columnist and hosts a Business Day TV programme, The Thinc Conversations. He is a stakeholder relations resource for the Lebashe Group and Arena Media. He is the immediate past Faculty Head at The Da Vinci Management Institute, where the Thinc Foundation is housed in association. He is a former Professor of Public Administration at the Uganda Technology and Management Institute, a former fellow of the Centre for African Studies at the Free State University, a serving research associate at the Tshwane University of Technology, and the founder-editor and former Policy Editor of the SA Journal of Public Administration. He served as a council member of the South African National Heritage Council and as Chairperson of the Ditsong Museums of South Africa. He was a board member of the Department of Trade and Industry Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing. He is a trustee of the FW De Klerk Foundation. He is the Founder Chairperson of the BPI Foundation. Founder Executive Director of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management. He was in the founding feasibility committee of the South African Democratic Teachers Union and the South African Association of PhDs. He is the founder of the Thinc Foundation and its Executive Chairperson.