Prof Deon Rossouw is the Chairperson of the International Banknote Ethics Initiative, and an Extraordinary Professor in Philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch. He retired in 2024 as CEO of The Ethics Institute (based in Pretoria, South Africa). 

Deon obtained a Doctoral degree in Philosophy at Stellenbosch University where he also was Chairperson of the Student Representative Council. His academic career started at Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg where he became Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department and served on the Executive Committee of the University. In 2004, he moved to the University of Pretoria where he was Head of the Philosophy Department and Director of the Centre for Business and Professional Ethics. During 2008 to 2009, he spent a year as Program Executive for Business Ethics at the Globethics.net Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Deon is an internationally recognized expert in Business Ethics and the Ethics of Corporate Governance, and published several books as well as academic articles in leading international journals.  He was the Founding President of the Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa) and served as President of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE). 

Deon is a member of the King Committee for Corporate Governance in South Africa, and also chaired the Social and Ethics Committee Forum of the IoDSA. He has been recognized as a Chartered Director by the Institute of Directors of South Africa, and serves in executive and non-executive positions on a number of governing bodies.