Arthur Mutambara

ATBI leverages African business case studies, cutting edge technology, and consultancy best practice to develop and provide business thought leadership. Prof. Mutambara is also a Principal Consultant with MAC Consulting and Professor of Operations Management with the School of Business Leadership, UNISA. From March 2002 to September 2003, Prof. Mutambara was a Standard Bank Director of Payments with responsibilities in 17 African countries. Formerly, Prof. Mutambara was a Research Scientist and Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), FAMU-FSU, and NASA, all in the United States. From January 2000 to March 2002, Prof. Mutambara was also a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Company in the Chicago office. While in Chicago, he was Professor of Business Strategy at the Kellogg Business School. Prof. Mutambara is author of three engineering research books and sixteen peer reviewed journal papers. In addition, Prof. Mutambara is a community leader, public intellectual, and activist who is extensively involved in socio-economic issues in both the US and Africa. He attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1991 where he obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy in Robotics and Mechatronics (1995), and an MSc in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering (1992). At Oxford, he was President of both the Africa Society, as well as the Merton Graduate Union (MCR). Prior to attending Oxford, Prof. Mutambara received a BSc (Honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe, where he was President of the Students Union (1989-1990).