Ken Duncan

CEO – SSACI

Ken Duncan is an educationist and development professional who has managed the Swiss-South African Co-operation Initiative, a public-private partnership in development, since its inception in March 2001. In the course of his work, he has conceptualised and helped manage several large projects aimed at strengthening the South African public skills training system, especially with regard to apprenticeships and the TVET colleges. Ken serves on the national Artisan Training and Development Monitoring and Evaluation Team. Prior to joining SSACI, Ken worked as a consultant in education in training for seven years, as the director of an educational NGO for seven years, as a training manager in the mining industry for two years and as a teacher in Johannesburg and Soweto for eleven years. He has an M.A. from Rhodes University in the evaluation of in-service training for educators and a Higher Diploma in Education from Wits.