THRIVE: 22 Bidding farewell to Prof Daneel van Lill Prof Daneel van Lill is a teacher and researcher at heart with a deep-rooted affection for talent management. This is evident in teaching, learning, research, and academic citizenship and leadershipas formerDirector: UJ School of Tourism and Hospitality (2007 – 2009), as Executive Dean: Faculty of Management (2010 to 2016), and as Executive Dean: College of Business and Economics (2017 to date). The CBE is an exceptionally large UJ organisationhousing27 000 students, 570 members of staff, some 5400 graduates per year, academic disciplines rated the Top Three in Africa and an annual turnover of about R1,5 billion. He has received 12 professional awards for exceptional accomplishment, including an Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Senior Fellowship and a Vice Chancellor’s Award for professional and academic excellence. In preparing for his next career phase, he studies towards an MPhil (Leadership Coaching). “UJ has become my academic home, as the university where I can practice my love for learning, quality relationships and exploring the unknown.” UJ has become my academic home, as the university where I can practice my love for learning, quality relationships and exploring the unknown. R E T I R E M E N T
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