Duncan Pieterse is the National Treasury’s new director-general.
- National Treasury official Duncan Pieterse has been appointed as its new director-general.
- Pieterse’s appointment was confirmed by Cabinet this week, according to Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.
- Pieterse previously served as the head of assets and liabilities at the Treasury.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Duncan Pieterse as the new director-general of the National Treasury.
News24 previously reported that Pieterse was a front-runner for the role that had been vacant since June 2022, when former director-general Dondo Mogajane left the position.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed Cabinet’s approval of a series of appointments including Pieterse on Thursday at a media briefing.
Pieterse previously served as the head of assets and liabilities at the National Treasury.
Treasury official Ismail Momoniat has been acting in the position since Mogajane’s departure.
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The finalisation of Pieterse’s appointment will likely be viewed as bringing some policy stability to National Treasury.
Pieterse has a Bachelor of Business Science, MBA and PhD in economics from the University of Cape Town.
He completed a mid-career Master of Public Administration at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. He was also a visiting research fellow at Brown and Yale universities in the US.
From 2004 to 2008, he worked as a development economist and public finance consultant.
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