Whitfield Green

Chief Executive Officer, Council on Higher Education

Whitfield Green is Chief Executive Officer of Council on Higher Education, in the role since February 2021.

The Council on Higher Education is the apex body for quality assurance in South African higher education and advises the Minister of Higher Education. Green moved to it from the Department of Higher Education and Training.

In the job

  1. Green took up the CEO post at the Council on Higher Education after serving the Department of Higher Education and Training for many years. Source

  2. The Minister of Basic Education named the CHE CEO as a member of the seventh Umalusi Council, alongside the heads of SAQA and the QCTO. Source

Career before

  1. 2008-2010Director for Initial Teacher Education, Department of Education
  2. 2010-2021Chief director, teaching, learning and research development, Department of Higher Education and Training

Sources

  1. gov.za
  2. usaf.ac.za
  3. w2.unisa.ac.za
  4. up.ac.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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