As of 12 January, ECSA welcomed Prof Hu Hanrahan (Pr Eng) as its new CEO.
In a short speech to ECSA staff on his first day at the helm the professor said: “We know that ECSA is one of the better Councils within the Built Environment, it is up to us to make it the best” Hu Hanrahan has a degree and a PhD in Electrical Engineering, and spent most of his working life at Wits University, where he was the head of the Electrical Engineering Dept and more recently the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
He has been associated with ECSA for “more years than I care to remember” in both a voluntary role and as a consultant to the various committees. The fact that he can quote at will from policy documents and bills from as far back as the late 20th Century is an indication of his depth of understanding of the roles and functions of ECSA. When ECSA President Trueman Goba approached him to fill the gap left by the late and deeply mourned Professor Nayagar, he was in two minds as to whether he should “run like mad or try to make a difference”. Fortunately for ECSA, Prof Hu was able to reschedule his other commitments and decided on the latter.
Welcome Professor, everyone at ECSA looks forward to working with you to indeed make ECSA the best Council, not only in the Built Environment, but in South Africa as a whole.
