Muziwethu Mathema

Group Executive: Macro Business Intelligence GGDA

Muzi is a well-renowned economist with over 15 years of experience as an economist in both the public and private sector. He is an exceptional development economist with a strong emphasis on bringing methods of modern economic analysis to economic development. In his current role, he is the Group Executive for Macro Business Intelligence at the GGDA, leading the research function of the organization. The purpose of his role is to guide the gathering of business intelligence, and research. He plays an advisory role to capacitate the GGDA and provincial government in its inclusive industrialization economic development focus. Prior to that, he was the Group Executive of the Trade and Investment function at the GGDA. Through his leadership, the Trade and Investment team was able to facilitate in excess of R7 billion worth of FDI and domestic investment in the Gauteng economy. Before joining the GGDA, he worked as a Senior Economic Advisor for KPMG advisory services where he was chiefly responsible for developing economic solutions to the growing pool of public and private sector. Additionally, he led KPMG's initiatives in fiscal policy and tax economics.  Before KPMG, he was the Director for Tax Revenue Analysis, Estimation and Forecasting at the National Treasury, a unit he built to give analytical guidance to the Minister of Finance on proposed and simulated tax revenue and tax policy measures. at the National Treasury.