Michele Ruiters

Michele Ruiters, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at GIBS Business School, focusing on diversity and inclusion, gender-related courses, and leadership programs for women. With extensive experience in strategy and knowledge management at DBSA, Ruiters coordinated gender mainstreaming initiatives and conducted research on development finance institutions in the Global South. Ruiters has also held research and teaching positions at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Rhodes University, and Rutgers University, where a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and a Certificate in Women's Studies were earned. Michele Ruiters holds a Master's degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town and has completed an Executive Leadership Programme at GIBS.