Honorary Professors

The Department is proud to associate itself with a number of high profile individuals from outside the university, who collaborate with us on teaching, research and other areas.

Andrew Donaldson Former Deputy Director General, National Treasury

Andreas Freytag Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Chair for Economic Policy

Rudolf Gouws Former Chief Economist of Rand Merchant Bank

Francois Groepe Former Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank

Michael Jordaan Former Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank

Jac Laubscher Former Chief Economist of Sanlam

Franco Malerba Director of KITeS-Cespri, Bocconi University and Professor of Applied Economics - Bocconi University, Milan - Italy

Tito Mboweni Minister of Finance

Liberty Mncube Associate Professor, WITS and Managing Director FTI Consulting

Kuben Naidoo Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank

Léonce Ndikumana Andrew Glyn Professor of Economics and Director, African Policy Program, Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jan Luiten van Zanden Professor and Chair of Social and Economic History, University of Utrecht