QUANTITY Surveyor Professor Raymond Nnaemeka Nkado is the first black dean at the University of the Witwatersrand with his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. Nkando said the post ”affords me an opportunity to positively influence the lives of a substantial number of people through effective leadership.” Nkado, who has a Masters in Business Administration cum laude from Wits and a PhD in Construction Management from the University of Reading, UK, was Professor and Head of the Department of Quantity Surveying at the University of Port Elizabeth since December 1999. – Sapa