Professor David Mello

	Name	David Mbati Mello
	Highest qualification	DAdmin (University of Pretoria)
	Position	Acting Director: Academic Research and Knowledge Hub; Professor
	Contact details	emellodm@unisa.ac.za
	Research interests/expertise	Government affairs, monitoring and evaluation, performance management, public sector ethics
	Teaching	Good governance and anti-corruption agenda, Monitoring and evaluation
	Current projects	Book project with van Schaik: Managing Human Capital in the Public Sector. Second edition. New book project with Van Schaik: Indigenous Public Affairs management in modern South Africa.

Short biography

Prof David Mbati Mello holds a DAdmin Degree from the University of Pretoria and is currently an area leader for the Study of Government Affairs at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs. Prior to joining the School, Professor Mello was a Research Director at North-West University at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and was Head of the Department of Public Management at Tshwane University of Technology. His research interests are in performance management, monitoring and evaluation, and ethics. Prof Mello is a member of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) and serves on the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Public Administration. Prof Mello has served as a member of the North-West Provincial Government Research Advisory Committee and as an Adjudicator for the National Batho Pele Excellence Awards for four consecutive years. Prof Mello is a C3-rated researcher with the National Research Foundation.

Selected publications

• Mello, DM.2014. Managing Human Capital in the Public Sector. Van Schaik Publishers.
• Mello, DM. 2015. Performance management and development system in the South African public service: A critical review. Journal of Public Administration 50 (3.1): 688-699.
• Mello, DM. 2018. Monitoring and evaluation: The missing link in South African municipalities. Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa 14(1).
• Mello, DM. 2020. Ethics in the public sector. Van Schaik Publishers.
• Mello, DM. 2021. Navigating the contours of talent-driven capable public sector. Journal of Public Administration 56 (3.1): 598-602. Editorial Note.
• Mello, DM & Makamu, NI. 2021. Using performance management to unearth talent in the South African public service. Journal of Public Administration 56 (3.1): 647-661.