Dr Kenneth Creamer

Dr Kenneth Creamer is an academic economist based at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Creamer has Masters degrees in Law (Wits) and Financial Economics (SOAS, University of London) and a PhD (Wits). Creamer has published on fiscal policy, monetary policy, open economy macroeconomics, competition policy, labour market policy and energy policy, in local and international academic journals and books.

In October 2019, Creamer was appointed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). In November 2024, Creamer was again appointed by President Ramaphosa to PEAC for the 2024 to 2029 period. He was also appointed to an advisory body by South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Minister Parks Tau for the same period.

In addition to his senior lecturer position at Wits University, Creamer serves as a Director of Creamer Media, publisher of Engineering News, Mining Weekly and Polity.