Mr. Elias Masilela

Mr. Elias Masilela is Executive Chairman, DNA Economics, Johannesburg; Commissioner, 1st & 2nd National Planning Commission (NPC) of South Africa; Independent Advisor, Gerson Lehman Group, New York, NY; Chairman, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA); Member, Board of Multichoice SA; Visiting Senior Fellow, Wits University; Consultant, Africoil Zimbabwe; Director, Alternative Prosperity Holdings; Chairman V&A Waterfront; and Chairman, Board of Kalafong Hospital. His previous positions include: Member, Steering Committee, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development; Member, UN Global Compact Board & Chairman, South Africa Local Network; Independent Advisor, DaMina Advisors, NY; CEO, Public Investment Corporation (PIC) (Manager of Africa’s biggest Sovereign Fund (about 80 billion dollars in 2016)); Head of Policy Analysis, Sanlam; Member, Board of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB); Member, Board of the Government Employee Pension Fund(GEPF); Chairman, V&A Waterfront; Member, Board of Airports Company SA (ACSA); Acting Deputy Director, General Economic Policy, National Treasury, SA, February 1998 – June 2005; and Director of Research, Central Bank of Swaziland. Mr. Masilela has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences (Economics and Statistics) from the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) (1986), Master of Sciences in Economic Policy and Analysis, Addis Ababa University (A.A.U.) (1995) and is the recipient of three post-graduate certificates for various courses at Harvard University from 2001-2002.