Mr Niall Naidoo

Niall Naidoo joined the RC&I team in September 2020 as the New Venture Support Manager. Prior to joining the team, Niall started his career in clinical dietetics where he established a private practice focusing on athletes during the 2016 Olympic games. He then shifted his focus towards academia where he was a lecturer and course convener at UCT's Section of Applied Management. During his time as a lecturer, he started a small strategy consulting practice focusing on the food, sport and healthcare sector. Niall holds a BSc.DIET, PG.DIP Diet, MBA and is currently a CFA level II and Ph.D. candidate. His Ph.D. aims at creating a valuation metric for the food products.

Niall is responsible for providing entrepreneurial advisory, and business plan development and review for UCT spin-offs created to commercialise UCT IP.