Trudi Makhaya
Trudi Makhaya is economic advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa. Trudi also serves as South Africa’s G20 sherpa.
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation professor of international political economy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Thomas Carothers
Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies; Director, Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program
Thomas Carothers, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, is a leading expert on comparative democratization and international support for democracy.
Faizel Ismail
Faizel Ismail is director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance. He currently teaches at the University of Cape Town, in the School of Economics, the Faculty of Law and in the Graduate School of Business.
Zainab Usman
Senior Fellow and Director, Africa Program
Zainab Usman is a senior fellow and inaugural director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Her fields of expertise include institutions, economic policy, energy policy, and emerging economies in Africa.
Alan Hirsch
Alan Hirsch is a professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town and was the school’s founding director from 2011 to 2019.
Brian Levy
Brian Levy teaches at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He was the founding academic director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town.
Vinothan Naidoo
Vinothan Naidoo teaches public policy and public administration at the University of Cape Town.
Musa Nxele
Musa Nxele teaches political economy of development at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town.