Alan Fowler
Honorary Chair and Advisory Board Member
Prof Alan is the co-founder and long-time associate of INTRAC, who has transitioned from being an
organisational development advisor, foundation programme officer and researcher, to an academic – currently as
honorary professor establishing the Chair in African Philanthropy at the Wits Business School. A career spanning
forty years dedicated to civic agency and NGOs has produced eleven books and multiple papers on their role
in international development, as well as numerous capacity building materials, conference presentations, lectures,
and seminars. Combining theory and practice as a pracademic continues as the thread in his contribution to
citizen-driven social justice. He is a past president of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) and is Emeritus Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University.
