Dr Sibusiso Sibisi
CSIR President and CEO
Dr Sibusiso Sibisi took office as President of the CSIR on 1 January 2002. He previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Born in Mariannhill, KwaZulu-Natal, Sibisi completed a BSc (Hons) in physics in London and obtained a PhD from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Cambridge University in 1983. Sibisi joined the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand in 1984 and was a Fulbright Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in 1988. He returned to Cambridge in 1989 to assume a research position at DAMTP and in 1991, co-founded a research-based small enterprise at Cambridge. On his return to South Africa in 1997, Sibisi joined Plessey as Executive Director before joining UCT. He is well known in science circles for the role he played as chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI). He is the chairperson of the Denel Board and a board member of Liberty Life. Sibisi was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe: Silver by President Thabo Mbeki in September 2007. National Orders are bestowed on South Africans who contribute to the betterment of the country in their respective fields and represent the highest award that a country, through its President, bestows on its citizens. The Order of Mapungubwe represents ingenuity and excellence, and is awarded for exceptional achievement.

Dr Hoffie Maree
CSIR Group Executive: Operations
Dr Hoffie Maree has extensive experience in organisational planning within the CSIR. Maree's portfolio includes overseeing operations of all the CSIR's operating units (in the areas of biosciences; the built environment; defence, peace, safety and security; materials science and manufacturing; and natural resources and the environment) and its national research centres (in the fields of satellite applications; information and communications technology; and laser technology), CSIR consulting and analytical services and strategic R&D coordination activities. His strategic leadership has been sharpened by his heading up a number of CSIR's research units, namely in the domains of the built environment; materials science and manufacturing; and roads and transport technology. Maree was the driving force behind a number of new national technology-focused initiatives in recent years, including the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy and the Advanced Metals Initiative; various new R&D ventures, e.g. in the field of nanotechnology; and a number of national groups, including the Automotive Industry Development Centre. With an academic background in engineering, Maree holds a DEng from the University of Pretoria. He came to the CSIR in 1993 after holding various senior positions in the private sector, the last of these being Director at Stewart Scott International, and Managing Director of Scowalab (Pty) Ltd.

Chris Sturdy
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Sturdy takes responsibility for the CSIR's financial and governance functions, as well as legal and industrial relations, ensuring compliance with all statutory and regulatory laws. He qualified as a chartered accountant [CA(SA)] in 1998, and holds a Certificate in the Theory of Accounting and a BCompt Honours (accounting science), both from Unisa. Previous positions include that of audit manager at Deloitte in Pretoria and audit senior at Deloitte's Los Angeles office. Sturdy joined the CSIR in 2002 as manager of finance and commercialisation at the CSIR unit concerned with materials science and manufacturing. In 2005, when the CSIR established a unit responsible for research relating to the built environment, Sturdy was required to also serve as that unit's financial manager.  During his career at the CSIR, he has served as non-executive director or member of a number of Boards to represent CSIR interests. These include the Automotive Industrial Development Centre, a joint initiative with the Gauteng Provincial Government through Blue IQ, and Quotec, a technology transfer consultancy company registered in the United Kingdom.

Raynold Zondo
Executive Director: CSIR Services
Raynold Zondo is accountable for the management services groups within the CSIR. He also heads the CSIR Human Capital portfolio. Management of CSIR services includes facilities; information and communications technology services; strategic procurement; safety, health, environmental and quality management; security; and the CSIR International Convention Centre. Zondo holds an MSc (project management) from the University of Pretoria and an MTech (biotechnology) from the Durban University of Technology. He also holds a number of business management credentials and qualifications in the domain of quality and occupational health and safety. He joined the CSIR in 2002 as quality assurance manager and was appointed as operations support manager in the same year at the materials science and manufacturing unit. Zondo was appointed as CSIR group manager: management services in 2005. Before joining the CSIR, Zondo worked for Smith & Nephew Pharmaceuticals and BSN Medical as regulatory affairs manager and at Bohme Africa as quality assurance chemist and research & development (R&D) chemist. Zondo is a member of the South African Quality Institute Board that is involved in contributing to the national drive to improve quality and operational excellence within South Africa.

CSIR Group Executive: R&D
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