Professor Kathy Michell

Kathy Michell is a Quantity Surveyor and Facilities Manager and has been on the full time academic staff at the University of Cape Town since 1995. She has a Master’s Degree in Cost Engineering from the University of Cape Town and a Doctorate in Urban Facilities Management from the University of Salford. She lectures and co-supervises at the Masters level on Strategic Asset and Facilities Management at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Her research focus is in Facilities Management and Sustainable Urban Development and Management. She serves on the editorial board and is the regional editor (Africa) for the Journal of Facilities Management. She is the immediate past-President of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession and served as a Council Member on the Council for the Built Environment. Kathy currently holds the Africa Market Seat on the Governing Council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, is the Africa Regional Guest Member on the Board of the CIB International Council for Building and Construction Research and is on the International Facilities Management Association Research Advisory Committee.