Executive Director
Prof Antony Melck

Prof Melck's portfolio includes:

Institutional Planning  Bureau for Institutional Research and Planning (BIRAP) Academic Planning Quality Assurance Risk Management and Internal Audit    Contact details Tel: +27 (0)12 420 2229 Email: antony.melck@up.ac.za

Prof Antony Melck is an Executive Director.  He was appointed as Advisor to the former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in 2001. Before joining the University of Pretoria he was Professor of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch and later the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of South Africa. Prof Melck obtained MCom, DCom and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. After being awarded a scholarship to the University of Cambridge (England), he was awarded his MA in Economics. Prof Melck was also awarded the Licentiate in Music (Organ) (LTCL) and the Fellowship Diploma (FTCL) by the Trinity College of Music in London. As a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany he was visiting professor at the University of Cologne in 1984/5. From 1994 to 1997 he was full-time Deputy Chairman of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the constitutional body that advises Parliament on the division of financial resources amongst the national, provincial and local spheres of government. In 2011, Prof Melck was appointed Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the City of Tshwane. Professor Melck’s engagement in community service has led to his becoming Chairman of the Governing Body of the Pretoria Boys High School (for 11 years), a board member of the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, president of the Unisa International Music Competitions, Director of the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, council member of the Pretoria Association of Arts, a trustee of the South Africa Institute for Distance Education, and patron of the State Theatre Youth Arts Festival. In 1999, the degree Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) was conferred on him by the Thomas Edison State College (New Jersey, USA), in recognition of his contributions to South African society, particularly to (distance) education.