ProfArmand Bam
Associate Professor
Stellenbosch Business School
OVERVIEW
Prof. Armand Bam is a distinguished academic, social innovator, and leader with over 20 years of experience in private and nonprofit sectors. As an Associate Professor at Stellenbosch Business School, his dynamic approach to teaching fosters critical consciousness and challenges conventional educational models promoting inclusivity, social justice, and democratic values both within and beyond the classroom to cultivate a new generation of socially responsible leaders.
In his influential roles as Head of Social Impact and Academic Head of the Small Business Academy, Prof. Bam directly shapes community engagement and social innovation on both local and international stages. Notably, he is the first Business School recipient of the Stellenbosch University Individual Award for Social Impact, the institution’s highest honor in this domain.
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY GROUPS MEMBERSHIP
MEDIA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Head: Social ImpactStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Business School, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Nov 2019
- Senior Lecturer: Business in SocietyStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Business School, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Nov 2019
- Executive DirectorThe League of Friends of the Blind, Cape Town, South Africa1 Jun 2007 - 31 Dec 2022
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Social Impact)Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Business School, Cape Town, South Africa1 Oct 2018 - 31 Oct 2019
DEGREES
- Doctor of Philosophy (Business Administration)University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa14 Jan 2014 - 7 Apr 2018
- Master of Philosophy (Disability Studies)University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jun 2012
- BHMS (Hons) BiokineticsStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 1999
- Bachelor of Arts (Human Movement Science & Psychology)Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Jan 1996 - 31 Dec 1998