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Gert Human is Professor of Strategic Management and Head of the Department of Business Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University. He chairs the programme focal area of Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship within the department. Prior to his full-time academic appointment, Human held senior management positions in the South African private healthcare sector. He obtained his PhD in Business Management from the University of Cape Town and Manchester Business School. His research specializations centre on strategy in complex business-to-business networks and strategic transformation, with additional focus on industrial marketing. Human serves on multiple editorial boards and contributes to the academic community through supervision of master's and PhD students. In 2018, he delivered his inaugural lecture titled 'The dark side of business interdependence and the collaboration-opportunism paradox,' highlighting how opportunistic behaviour in interdependent relationships reduces trust and cooperation while being influenced by factors such as dependence, uncertainty, power imbalances, competitive intensity, market turbulence, and organizational culture. He emphasized the role of social capital in moderating such behaviour amid growing business network complexity.