Dr Liezl Groenewald
Dr Liezl Groenewald is the CEO of The Ethics Institute (TEI) based in South Africa, a past president of the Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa) and is a co-founding director of The Whistleblower House. She holds a Master and a Doctoral degree in Applied Ethics from the University of the Witwatersrand and Stellenbosch University respectively. She takes on the role of a seasoned facilitator for TEI, as well as for the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA). Additionally, she serves as guest lecturer at a business school in Innsbruck, Austria (MCI), as well as business schools in South Africa.
Liezl is a sought-after speaker at both local and international conferences. She contributes her insights as a media commentator on matters related to ethics and whistleblowing, and adeptly moderates discussions. Her expertise extends to being an author of articles on business and military ethics. Notably, she has authored a Whistleblowing Non-retaliation Toolkit, Whistleblowing First Responder Guide, along with the Whistleblowing Management Handbook. She has also co-authored the Ethics and Compliance Handbook, as well as the Institutionalising Ethics Handbook.
In terms of her affiliations, Liezl actively participates in several governing bodies and committees, e.g. the Council of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), the King Committee on Good Governance and the SAICA Ethics Committee. She chairs the Governance of Ethics Committee of CPUT, the Social and Ethics Committee Forum of the IoDSA, and the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (IIASA). She furthermore served on working groups such as the global technical working groups for ISO 37000, the ISO Standard for the Governance of Organisations, as well as ISO 37002, the ISO Whistleblowing Management Standard.
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