In yet another high-profile appointment, Regenesys Business School is delighted to announce its appointment of well-respected former public servant, Mr Alvin Rapea as Partner: Corporate Education, effective 1 February 2022. His role will be business development with a focus on the public sector and state-owned enterprises.

Mr Rapea brings with him a vast wealth of experience from the public sector. He holds a BCom degree from the University of Limpopo, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (HR) from Wits Business School, a Diploma in Labour Law from the Graduate Institute of Management and Technology, and a Foundations of Executive Coaching from the University of Cape Town.

He is a respected expert in strategy, organisational development and change management, industrial relations, public service reform, transformation, and policy analysis and development. With over three decades of senior and executive management experience in the public sector, Mr Rapea has worked for a number of Government departments and state-owned enterprises such as the South African Police Service, as Secretary; Department of Public Service and Administration, as Acting Director General; and a number of other leadership roles at the Development Bank of South Africa, Eskom and Business Against Crime South Africa. 

“Regenesys Business School has had a long professional relationship with Mr Rapea. We are delight that he has decided to join our school. He is an exceptional director and a forward-thinker,” says Chairperson of the Regenesys Group, Dr Marko Saravanja. “Alvin will be a great addition to our Corporate Education department as he has a vision of making Regenesys Business School a leading corporate education provider in Africa and the world.”

“I am delighted to be joining the Regenesys Group, and in particular, Regenesys Business School. I have been working with the school for many years now and have a good relationship with Dr Marko Saravanja. I did not need a lot of convincing to join the institution, we have the same vision of making the school Africa’s and the world’s leading business school that will produce well-rounded graduates who will go out and change the world for the better,” says Mr Rapea.