Dr Jerry Gule is the CEO of the Institute of People Management (IPM). He has been a member in good standing with the IPM since the mid ‘80s. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Southern Africa. Dr Gule is a staunch supporter of people development and was a Senior Manager at the Standard Bank based in Group HR as Programmes Development Manager in the late 1990s.

He is one of the founding directors of Gule Executive Coaching (Pty) Limited (“GEC”) and practices as an executive coach. Dr Gule was General Manager, TOTAL Marketing Services Competency Centre (Pty) Limited, an internal consulting company of TOTAL Africa Middle East. He also was General Manager: HR & Transformation at TOTAL South Africa (Pty) Limited.

He serves as Chairman of the Love Trust, a charity organization serving the underprivileged in Johannesburg. He is a Lead Independent Non-Executive Director at the Aurum Institute, and is also a member of the HR & Remuneration Committee of the Board. He is Chairman of the Board of Aurum’s subsidiary company, Aurum Innova.

For 13 years Dr Gule he was Chairperson of the South African Employers for Disability (SAE4D).

He & Dr Gugu Gule, his wife, have three children and two grandsons.