Dr. Preeya Daya is an international consultant with extensive background and experience in inclusive systems, human resource management, and organizational behavior. She has worked with a range of organizations to improve race and gender equity and to examine, design, and implement the policies and systems needed to support it, and brings a particular sensitivity to the relationship between organizational systems and people’s lived experience. She is also an expert in designing and implementing strategic human resource management which drives high performance, employee engagement and job satisfaction, which collaboratively creates optimal human capital value for the organisations. Dr. Daya worked as a senior HR business partner in HR in South Africa and Europe for 10 years before joining the University of Cape Town as a Senior Lecturer in 2010. She currently works as a Senior or Associate Academic for 4 South African Business Schools and consults to a number of companies about how to create and sustain high performance. 
Education: 
PhD (2010): Doctorate of Philosophy of Business Administration, (University of Cape Town, GSB) 
Masters Degree (2003): Magister Technologiae: Human Resources Management (CPUT) 
Honours Degree (2000): Bachelor of Technology: Human Resources Management (UNISA) 
Diploma (1998): National Diploma: Human Resources Management (CPUT) 
Matriculated (1995): Collegiate Girls High, Port Elizabeth. 
Current consulting and academic interests: 
Achievement Awards Group: Academic Advisor (part-time) May 2012- present 
Responsible for developing leading practice for the AA Group through research and development of workplace performance improvement programs. 
International Water Management Institute: Diversity and Inclusion Consultant July 2015- Dec 2015 
Responsible for developing and implementing a diversity and inclusion strategy for an organisation which spans 10 African and Asian countries. 
Regent Business School: Senior Academic (part-time) July 2015- Dec 2015 
University of Kwazulu Natal, GSB&L: External supervisor Ongoing 
Management College of South Africa: Guest Lecturer As required 
University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business: Associate of the GSB Jan 2014- Dec 2015 
In these roles I continue my research interests, supervise Masters and PhD candidates, lecture on executive education programmes, run MBA electives and work on MBA curriculum design for Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour. 
Career/travelling history 
University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business: Senior lecturer April 2010- Dec 2013 
Travel: India March 2010 
The South African Breweries Ltd: Human Resource Project Manager Nov 2006- Feb 2010 
The South African Breweries Ltd: Human Resource Specialist Feb 2005- Nov 2006 
Research for Doctorate Degree Nov 2004 - Jan 2005 
Travel: Asia, the Middle East and Europe Feb 2004 - Oct 2004 
Comparex Africa (Now Business Connexion): HR Consultant Jan 2003 - Jan 2004 
Masters Dissertation Research: Performance Management Rollout June 2002 - Sep 2003 
Travel: Europe and Eastern Europe Nov 2001- May 2002 
Government of London: Transport for London: Project Officer Feb 2001 - Oct 2001 
Travel: England Jan 2001 
Independent HR Consultant May 2000 - Dec 2000 
Mindspring Computing Dec 1999 - April 2000