Professor Sanlie Middelberg, Ph.D, FCMA, CGMA is a leading academic in qualitative research in management accounting and finance, often in the agricultural industry. She is a professor in the School of Accounting Sciences, Management Accountancy programme, and a Visiting professor of Sustainability, Risk Management and Finance at the Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln in the UK. As an NRF-rated researcher, she actively contributes to global discourse in her field, serving on CIMA’s R&D Panel and chairing the CIMA Southern African Regional Research Centre.