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Craig Lemboe
Craig is a senior economist at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), where he focuses on building- and construction-related research. He is also part of the macro- economic forecasting team, where he is responsible for analysing and forecasting trends in fixed investment. Craig holds a Master’s of Economics and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) degree, both from Stellenbosch University.
Dr Martyn Davies
Martyn is MD of Emerging Markets & Africa at Deloitte Africa. He also leads the Africa firm’s China & Japan Services Group. Over his career, Martyn has been an advisor to a large array of multi-national firms on their market entry and engagement strategies in Africa. He has also conducted a large amount of advisory work on behalf of the public sector. He completed his PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand at the age of 25, has studied at Yonsei University (Seoul) and has completed executive programmes at Harvard Business School, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Yale University and Saïd Business School at Oxford University. He is a Visiting Professor at IE Business School, Madrid, Spain.
Dr Iraj Abedian
Iraj, an economist by training, has extensive business and research experience in South Africa. Since 1994, he has been involved in macro-economic policy-making and is a respected advisor to a number of public- and private-sector organisations. He was previously a part-time special economic advisor to Susan Shabangu when she was Minister of Mineral Resources. In 2005 he co-founded Pan-African Capital Holdings, of which he is currently CEO.
Camilla Swart
Camilla is Ecosystem Manager and Strategic Partnerships for Rise, Barclays open innovation programme. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree and Honours in the same from the University of Cape Town and has been called “the lifeblood of Rise Cape Town and a glue that makes it such a special community”.
Elias Masilela
Elias is a Director of DNA Economics and a part-time commissioner on the National Planning Commission. He is also a Director of the South African Savings Institute and a founding member of the Financial Sector Charter Council. Elias was previously CEO of the Public Investment Commission and a Director of the South African Reserve Bank. He holds a BA in social sciences from the University of Swaziland and an MSc in economic policy and analysis from Addis Ababa University.
Fiona Zerbst
Fiona holds a Master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and currently works as an editor and freelance writer. She is also a poet whose work has been widely published in journals and anthologies. Her latest collection of poetry, Oleander, was published by Modjaji Books in 2009.
Dr Roelof Botha
Roelof is a part-time faculty member at the Gordon Institute of Business Science business school in Johannesburg and is joint MD of GOPA Group SA, a multi-disciplinary research company. He has been an Economic Advisor to PwC for 17 years and is a sought- after consultant. In 2005 he received the Sake-24/ABSA Award for Economist of the Year, based on the accuracy of his forecasts of key economic indicators. He is a regular commentator on topical macro-economic issues and has authored more than 100 articles, books and research publications.
Xhanti Payi
Xhanti is an economist and Founding Director at Nascence Advisory & Research. He also writes a column for the Daily Maverick and serves on the advisory panel to the Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry. He has worked as an analyst at Investec Wealth & Investment, as an Economist at Stanlib Asset Managers and as Country Risk Manager at Standard Bank. He attended the University of Cape Town and the University of London.
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