Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking

Dr E van der Westhuizen

College of Economic and Management Sciences
School of Economic and Financial Sciences
Department: Finance, Risk Management and Banking
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 4466
E-mail: BothaE2@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • BCom (Investment Management), UP
  • BCom (Hons) (Financial Management Sciences), UP
  • MCom, Unisa
  • HC in Mathematics and Statistics, Unisa

Currently teaching

  • Market Risk Management

Fields of academic interests

  • Risk Management
  • Risk Maturity
  • Risk Reporting
  • External risk factors

Books

  • Young, J (ed), Van der Westhuizen, E., Van Huyssteen, J., Erasmus, CJ., and Mare, S. 2022. Operational Risk management. 3rd edition. South Africa. Van Schaik Publishers. pp77-87 (Chapter 4: Operational risk identification).
  • Rudansky-Kloppers, S., Strydom, JW., Bester, P., Botha, E., Joubert, Y., Serra, P., Steynberg, L., Van Eeden, T. 2022. Principles of Sport Management. 2nd edition. South Africa. Oxford University Press. pp205-230 (Chapter 12: Financial Management function)

Journal articles

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-9138 

  • Van der Westhuizen, E., & Young, J. 2018. Perceived success of energy strategies for South Africa’s financial services industry. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa. 29(3):66-74 (ISSN: 1021447X)
  • Botha, E. 2016. Student success and the influence of prerequisite module for investment students at an open distance learning institutions. International Journal of Educational Science. 15(3): 424-432 (ISSN 0975-1122)
  • Botha, E., & Makina, D. 2011. Financial regulation and supervision: Theory and practice in South Africa. International business and economics research journal. 10(11):27-36

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Fellow of the South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM)
  • Associate member of the Institute of Risk Management
  • Member of the Institute of Operational Risk (London)
  • Registered assessor at BANKSETA (AssREG-003)