Manages the annual tour, builds relationships with the new bursars, conducts the orientation prior to the tour, works with the Goodenough College programme co-ordinator to arrange the tour programme, supervises tour activities, bursar engagement, cohesion and welfare, and sustains the characteristic ethos of the tour through which its objectives are realised.

Dr John Gibbon, an Abe Bailey bursar from UCT in 1959, fulfilled this role from 2000 to 2018, and now manages the Abe Bailey Fellowship.

Mr Keith Richardson managed the tour from 2018 to 2023. He now serves as a Consultant for interviewing applicants for the travel bursary.

Mr Neil Eddy was appointed in 2024, accompanied Keith last year, and will manage this year's tour.