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Anthony D. Heher has a longstanding interest in research and innovation and the contribution that they can make to economic and social development. His experience includes 12 years at South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); 16 years as founder and CEO of a high-tech spinout company based on his doctoral research; and ten years working in economic development, including two years at the South African Department of Trade & Industry, where he was Chief Director for Industrial Promotion in 1997 and head of the national economic cluster program. From 2000 to 2005, he was Director of UCT Innovation at the University of Cape Town. In 2006, he rejoined AfED, an economic and business consultancy that he founded in 1998. He is actively involved in a projects ranging from entrepreneurship development to economic development through public-private partnerships. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) in 2001 and was its founding President. SARIMA is focused on capacity building and linking the various players in the research and innovation spectrum so that they can cooperate more effectively. He has a Ph.D. in engineering. He has had a varied academic career: he is a graduate of the Universities of Natal, Pretoria, and California in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science; he also holds an executive M.B.A. from Wits Business School. He has remained an active researcher his whole working life, although his research output has taken rather varied forms!
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