Andrew Thatcher

（President of the IEA／University of the Witwatersrand）

Andrew Thatcher is a professor and chair of industrial/organisational psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg where he also obtained his PhD in 2003. He is currently president of the International Ergonomics and Human Factors Association (IEA) and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Ergonomics”. His research interests explore the  intersections between HFE, sustainability, and the future of work. He has received numerous national and international awards for this work including the 2023/2024 NSTF-South-32 Green Economy Award and the 2025 Hal Hendrick Distinguished International Colleague Award from the HFES.