Tshepo Ntsane

Profile

I am a first year part-time PhD student in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds. I completed a MPhil in Business Management International Business (with distinction) in 2023, and my research topic was Factor endowments as predictors of bilateral trade flows between countries. I also completed an MBA in 2021, and my research topic was Evaluating the impact of state-owned development finance institutions in stimulating job creation and economic growth in South Africa. My undergraduate qualification is a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Chemical Engineering (with honours) completed in 2009.

I am currently employed as a Sustainable Finance Transactor with expertise in climate and transition at Rand Merchant Bank (a corporate and investment bank), having spent 11.5 years at Sasol, wherein my last role was Senior Manager Technical Solutions – Sustainability and Risk.

My research aims to evaluate economic, social, and governance factors that can drive economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa without causing significant harm to the environmental quality in the region.

Research interests

Sustainable and transition finance, climate change mitigation and Paris Agreement, just energy transition, and sustainable economic policy

Qualifications

• MPhil Business Management - International Business (with distinction), University of Pretoria
• MBA, University of Witwatersrand
• BSc in Engineering in Chemical Engineering (with honours), University of Cape Town

Research groups and institutes

• Sustainability Research Institute