Professor Anthony J. Nyberg

Professor Nyberg is the J. Henry Fellers Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Center for Executive Succession at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. His research focuses on how organisations create competitive advantage through people, with particular emphasis on strategic human capital, compensation, executive succession, talent retention, and performance management.

Professor Nyberg has published extensively in leading international management and human resource journals and serves in editorial leadership roles within the field. His work has received numerous research and teaching awards and has been featured in prominent international media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Time Magazine, BusinessWeek, NPR, CNBC, and U.S. News & World Report.

Prior to his academic career, he spent nine years as a managing partner in an international financial services firm and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Tulane University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Mathematics from St. John's College.

The GPPC 2027 organising committee is honoured to welcome Professor Nyberg as a keynote speaker, where he will share insights on strategic people management and the role of human capital in building sustainable, high-performing organisations.

Professor Lomé Koekemoer

Professor Lomé Koekemoer is an Associate Professor of Practice at North-West University and Managing Director of Yellow Seed Consulting, where she leads people development, leadership, and talent initiatives across diverse industries and countries. An organisational psychologist with two decades of experience, she is widely recognised for helping organisations build future-ready talent, innovative leadership capability, and sustainable people practices.

Her work integrates organisational psychology, neuroscience, technology, and talent management. She currently leads one of South Africa’s largest research studies focused specifically on future capabilities, examining the critical and scarce capabilities required to thrive in the evolving world of work.

As GPPC 2027’s practice-oriented keynote speaker, Professor Koekemoer will provide valuable insights into the future of work, talent development, and the application of innovative people practices to enable schools, organisations, and individuals to thrive in a rapidly changing world.