Trudi Makhaya is an acclaimed South African economist, entrepreneur and writer, with several published papers focusing mainly on competition economics and.!
Trudi Makhaya is the former economic advisor to South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Trudi Makhaya
South African economist, entrepreneur and writer
Gertrude “Trudi” Makhaya is a South African economist, entrepreneur, and writer.[1] She is the economic advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's current president.[2] Makhaya previously worked at Deloitte, Genesis Analytics and AngloGold Ashanti in South Africa.
She then worked the Competition Commission of South Africa from 2010 to 2014. In 2015, Makhaya established Makhaya Advisory. Makhaya has several published papers, mainly focusing on competition economics and policy.[3]
Education and work
Makhaya was born and raised in Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa.[1][4] In 1996, Makhaya enrolled in St Barnabas College, in Bosmont, South Africa.[1] She later received a Rhodes Scholarship and went to St Antony's College of Oxford University as a part of the class of 2002,[5] obtaining an MBA and MSc in developmental economics.
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