Prof Sibusiso Moyo has been the DVC Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies at Stellenbosch University since 1 September 2022. She has published widely on differential equations and their applications. She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Natal (now UKZN) and a Master’s degree in Tertiary Education Management (with distinction) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her previous executive leadership experience spanning over 15 years at Durban University of Technology (DUT) include DVC: Research, Innovation and Engagement, Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies and Head of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. In these roles she has continued to play significant thought leadership roles nationally and internationally. She was a thought leader on several innovative projects and initiatives including supporting undergraduate research excellence. She has been guest editor of a number of mathematical sciences journals published by Springer-Verlag, John Wiley & Sons and the American Institute of Physics and has been invited as keynote speaker on a number of occasions dealing with mathematics, promoting science, technology and innovation and topical issues in higher education. 

Currently, she serves on the editorial board for the Taylor & Francis Journals of Higher Education Policy and Management and Agenda, a journal that critiques the understandings of gender and feminism in its broad and complex sense). She is also a two-time recipient of the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Entrepreneurial Development in Higher Education leadership award (2019 and 2021) and was instrumental in the establishment of DUT’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation “innobiz” incubator. She was also appointed as Honorary Dean of the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tianjin Vocational Institute, Tianjin, China from 2021 to 2023. Currently she is serving on the Stellenbosch University Enterprises Board, Innovate Durban, the African Institute for Mathematics (AIMS South Africa), the Centre for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education (CASME). From 2025 to 2026, she has been appointed to serve on the Warwick University International Advisory Council of the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study.