Mr Isaah Mhlanga

Isaah Mhlanga is the Chief Economist of Rand Merchant Bank, where he formulates macroeconomic strategy, financial markets, and policy analysis, to inform investment strategy for the bank and its clients covering South Africa and several key African countries. Prior to this, he was the Executive Chief Economist at Alexforbes and a member of Alexforbes Investments Executive and Investment Committees. 

He has fifteen years of experience as a macroeconomist in both the private sector and public sector, with his public sector experience spanning the National Treasury and the International Monetary Fund local office in Pretoria where he started his career as an economist. He has also lectured undergraduate mathematical and financial economics at the University of Johannesburg. He serves as a Trustee of Study Trust and non-executive board member of Kutlwanong Centre for Maths, Science and Technology. He holds a Masters in Financial Economics, and a BCom Honours in Econometrics, both from the University of Johannesburg.