Tertiary training was at the University of Pretoria, Bcom Economics, BCom Honours Econometrics, Mcom Econometrics (cum laude) and a PhD in Economics titled “Essays on Determinants, Spillovers and Predictability of the South African Stock Returns”.
Chief Director of Strategy and Risk Management at the National Treasury, dealing with policy issues. Main responsibility is to develop and implement a Strategy and Risk Management Framework to monitor public sector liability portfolios, develop a comprehensive financial risk profile of current and future fiscal obligations, develop and integrate risk profiles to maintain a consistent funding strategy for government, and co-ordinate activities in the management of debt and contingent liabilities to mitigate sovereign rating risks.