Draft:Tabani Ndlovu (Dr)

thumb Tabani Ndlovu also known as Dr Tabani Ndlovu was born on 8 October, 1971. Although he grew up using the surname Ndlovu, his origins are from the Mazibuko clan descended from South Africa's Zulu tribe. His late partenal grandmother, Thengumuthi Masibi married a Mazibuko, got pregnant but broke up with Mazibuko before Nicholas (Tabani's father) was born. Thengumuthi then married a Ndlovu while she was pregnant and that is how Nicholas and his offspring became Ndlovus.

Tabani grew up under the care of his maternal grandmother who lived in the Fumugwe area of Matobo district. He enrolled for Grade 1 at Bazha Primary School in 1978 but soon after that, war broke out resulting in the closure of the school. Tabani's family fled to Bulawayo where they remained until after independence in 1980. During their stay in Bulawayo, Tabani could not enroll in any school as there was need for a transfer letter which he did not have. The family returned to Bazha in November 1980 and in January 1981, Tabani enrolled for Grade 1 at Bazha Primary School where he spent one term before transferring to Fumugwe Primary School. Tabani completed Grade 7 at Fumugwe Primary School in 1987 and proceeded to Bazha Secondary Scholl to start Form 1 in 1988. He spent the next four years at Bazha, graduating at the top of his class, securing a bursary to study A'Levels at Mpopoma High School. From Mpopoma High School, Tabani proceeded to the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce, Honours degree in Marketing. After graduation, Tabani briefly worked for United Bottlers in Bulawayo before joining NCR as an Account Manager. He left NCR to join CF Tulley Associates as as Sales and Marketing Manager, befoore being head-hunted to Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) as Head of Sales and Marketing. Tabani left TPS and emigrated to the UK to join his wife who had secured a teaching job at City of Sunderland College.

Once in the UK, Tabani's first stint was with the British Red Cross Society where he served as Area Services Manager for Derbyshire and Cheshire. Tabani left the Red Cross to do an MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Nottingham and soon after that, joined E.ON UK as a Programme Change Manager for E.ON Energy Services. He rose through the ranks at E.ON until he was Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, a position he vacated in 2009. Thereafter, Tabani embarked on a PhD in Corporate Governance with Oxford Brookes University, while teaching part time at the University of Whales, University of Reading and Nottingham Business School.

After graduation, Tabani joined Nottingham Business School full time, before leaving for the University College of Estate Management. Nottingham Business School was not yet done with Tabani, he returned in 2013 to assume the role of Assistant Programme Director for the MSC Marketing program. Alongside all these roles, Tabani was serving as a Non Executive Director for a number of different organisations which included Derby Homes Limited, SOFA, Enthusiasm Trust, Nottingham College, North Nottinghamshire College among others. Tabani also launched a family-owned consultancy business with the assistance of his mentor and close friend, Bob Osler.

Tabani now works for the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) in the United Arab Emirates where is is Academic Program Chair for the Marketing department. He has published a number of articles including the following:

References

Sibanda, W., Ndiweni, E., Boulkeroua, M., Echchabi, A. and Ndlovu, T., 2020. Digital technology disruption on bank business models. International Journal of Business Performance Management, 21(1-2), pp.184-213. Winfield, F. and Ndlovu, T., 2019. “Future-proof your Degree” Embedding sustainability and employability at Nottingham Business School (NBS). International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 20(8), pp.1329-1342. Simba, A. and Ndlovu, T., 2014. The entrepreneurial marketing management and commercialization arrangements of born-global bio-enterprises: the case of UK companies. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 27(2), pp.143-170. Mariussen, A. and Ndlovu, T., 2012. Internet-enabled value co-creation in SME internationalisation: current practices from the UK food and drink industry. European Journal of International Management, 6(5), pp.503-524. Ndlovu, T. and Mariussen, A., 2015. From competitive agility to competitive leapfrogging: responding to the fast pace of change. In Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pp. 1-12). IGI Global.