Erika is a senior lecturer at Unisa, lecturing Market Risk Management and Investment: Derivatives for Postgraduate/Honours level.

Erika has participated in many research papers that have been published in accredited journals, and has presented papers at several global financial, business and educational conferences.

Her MCom Business Management (Unisa) and PhD Management Studies (Unisa) topics were “The Use of derivatives by South African Agricultural Co-operatives to hedge financial risks” and “A structured approach to energy risk management for the South African financial services sector” respectively.

Erika is currently supervising both Masters and PhD students.