Rob Vember

Director, Programs & Partnerships

Rob Vember is a multi-award winning broadcaster who has worked for some of South Africa’s most iconic media brands across radio and television. Following a semester studying International Business at The George Washington University in D.C., he joined the Global Business School Network as Senior Advisor for Communications and Membership. 


Rob holds a degree in Journalism & Media Studies, and Politics from Rhodes University in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Law degree.

Rob serves as Patron of The Chaeli Campaign – a South African non-profit mobilising the minds and bodies of children with disabilities, and normalising society through advocacy and education. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Management Skills for Wildlife Conservation (MSWC), focussed on training African conservancy communities; and the African Higher Education in Emergencies Network (AHEEN) – a network of African Universities dedicated to offering diplomas with strong employability potential to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the continent.

Rob manages a portfolio of GBSN Programs delivered in partnership with corporations.