By Staff Repoter
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed “accomplished” business leader and former trade and industry director-general Alistair Ruiters as Special Advisor: Investment Promotion.
He will advise the president on South Africa’s continuing investment drive which is a principal component of the 7th Administration’s focus on inclusive economic growth and job creation.
The Presidency said on Wednesday that the government was implementing a broad range of economic reforms aimed at rendering South Africa more attractive and rewarding for domestic and international investors.
It is also advancing greater diversification of the economy and broadening its integration into continental and global supply chains.
Ruiters was the director-general for five years until April 2005, which followed 11 years of service in the department.
He holds a D Philosophy degree from Oxford University and a BA Honours from the University of Cape Town, among other qualifications.
Ruiters is a former commissioner of the Competition Commission, an entrepreneur, who has established a number of businesses, and has been the CEO and chairperson of diverse institutions and enterprises, including the National Empowerment Fund, Pebble Bed Modular Reactor and the Afarak Group.
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