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John Steytler

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John Steytler is a Namibian economist. He is the CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia since September 2023. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.[1]

Steytler was head of research and chief economist at the Bank of Namibia, and senior economist at the International Monetary Fund. He became the first statistician-general of Namibia when the Namibia Statistics Agency was founded in 2011. He served until 2015 and then became special advisor on economic affairs to president Hage Geingob.[2] Steytler resigned in 2019 and took up a position at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.[3] In September 2023 Steytler was appointed CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia, succeeding Martin Inkumbi.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "John Steytler". Cenfri.
  2. ^ "Steytler Bags Development Bank's Top Post". Namibia Economist. 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ Ndjebela, Toivo (13 March 2019). "Steytler breaks silence on resignation". New Era.
  4. ^ Amukeshe, Lazarus (1 June 2023). "Steytler new DBN boss". The Namibian.