Cliff Sibusiso Dlamini is the Executive Director of CCARDESA and has over 28 years of experience in strategy development and execution. He has a diverse educational background, holding 9 university degrees related to fields like forestry, sustainable development, environmental law, and business administration. Currently, Cliff is finalizing his Doctorate in Management focused on liquid biofuels and green/circular economies. He also serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Stellenbosch Business School and has extensive research experience across various sustainability-related areas.

1. Professor Cliff Sibusiso Dlamini
Executive Director of CCARDESA
Cliff is the Executive Director of CCARDESA. He is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
expert with specializations in agriculture, biodiversity, forestry, climate change, development
finance, environmental law, sustainable development, business administration and business
leadership and management (1993-date). Cliff has held several executive leadership positions in
Eswatini, Zambia, South Africa and Botswana where he has interacted with the Board, staff, multi-
stakeholders, partners and funders. He comes with 28 years of strategy development and execution.
Academically, he holds the following mix of nine (9) university degrees: a Ph.D. Forestry, M.Sc.
Sustainable Development, MPhil. Environmental Law, Executive MBA, Master of Development
Finance, MSc. Forest Science, MPhil in Applied Business Leadership and Management, B.Sc.
Hons Forest Science, and B.Sc. Agriculture. Further, Cliff is finalizing his Doctorate in
Management (studying liquid biofuels and the green and circular economies). In addition, he was
appointed Associate Professor Extraordinary at the University of Stellenbosch Business School in
2022, where he had served as research fellow since 2014. Cliff has attained the status of Chartered
Development Finance Analyst (CDFA) with the Chartered Institute of Development Finance
(CIDEF). Professor Dlamini has massive research experience in agriculture, biodiversity, forestry,
development finance, environmental law, sustainable development, business administration and
business leadership.
Detailed CV-Cliff
DLAMINI--2023.pdf