Digital Transformation
Research into South Africa's digital research infrastructure; e-Government M&E frameworks; knowledge management systems for public institutions.
Leadership
Development@Work is led by Mark Burke, a strategic advisor and institutional development specialist with more than two decades of practice across South Africa and the African continent.
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Mark Burke is the Director of Development@Work, a specialist development practice he established in 2000. His work spans strategic planning, organisational development, programme design and management, digital transformation, monitoring and evaluation, and complex multi-stakeholder facilitation — delivered across public institutions, regulatory bodies, universities, and development-oriented organisations throughout South Africa and the African continent.
With more than 25 years of practice, Mark has developed a distinctive capability at the intersection of digital transformation, regulation, higher education, and economic development. He understands institutions not only as structures to be reorganised, but as complex social systems shaped by leadership, culture, mandate, and context — and his work reflects this understanding.
Mark leads each assignment in close collaboration with a trusted network of specialist associates and collaborators, enabling Development@Work to bring together the right mix of expertise for each engagement while maintaining strategic coherence and continuity.
His work is guided by a long-standing commitment to a single purpose: helping institutions that carry public responsibilities to define what matters, build the capabilities that matter, and deliver results that matter — for the public good.
"The creation of value in an organisation is thus an extension of its values."
— Mark Burke, Director
Research into South Africa's digital research infrastructure; e-Government M&E frameworks; knowledge management systems for public institutions.
Strategic planning and implementation support for competition authorities across South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, and East Africa.
University strategy, institutional design, and system-level capacity building across South Africa, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Palestine.
Industrial development research, export promotion strategy, enterprise support, and sector development for public economic institutions.
Mark leads Development@Work's strategic direction and takes personal responsibility for every engagement, bringing 25 years of institutional knowledge and strategic experience to the work. He does not work in isolation.
Development@Work operates through a trusted network of experienced associates and specialist collaborators. This model allows the practice to combine strategic consistency and leadership continuity with the multi-disciplinary, scalable expertise that complex institutional assignments require.
Associates have been selected for their technical depth, institutional experience, and alignment with Development@Work's approach and values. They have worked alongside Mark on assignments in higher education, regulatory institutions, public administration, and economic development.
Mark is personally involved in every engagement — from the initial conversation through to delivery and review.
A carefully selected group of partners and associates with deep experience in specific sectors and disciplines.
Each team is assembled specifically for the organisation and its situation — combining the right technical depth, sector knowledge, and facilitation skills.
We welcome direct conversations about institutional strategy, capability development, and programme support.