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Dr. Iraj Abedian
Chief Executive
Iraj Abedian is the founder and Chairman of Pan-African Capital Holdings (Pty) Ltd, and Pan-African Investment and Research Services (Pty) Ltd. His equity stakes in these and other companies are held in Pan-African Commercial Ventures (PACV). He was professor of economics at the University of Cape Town, before entering the business sector in 2000. He obtained his BA (Honours) and MA in Economics from University of Cape Town (UCT).
He received his PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1993. He has served as a consultant on economic policy issues to public and private sector organisations in South Africa as well as internationally.
He is a prolific researcher and has written numerous articles and co-authored books such as:
- Economic Growth in South Africa (Oxford University Press, 1992)
- Transformation in Action: Budgeting for Health Service Delivery (UCT Press, 1998)
- Economics of Tobacco Control; Towards an Optimal Policy Mix (SAMA Press, 1998)
- Economic Globalization and Fiscal Policy (Oxford University Press, 1998)
- Seeking the Ethical Foundations of the South African Nation, Co-edited with Itumeleng Mosala and Jeffrey Sehume (A MISTRA Publication, Johannesburg, 2018)
- A South African PGM Exchange: Policy Rationale for Financial Beneficiation; A MISTRA publication, 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa
- FutureHow: COVID19, Reimagining Our Collective Future; Co-authored with John Sanei, a publication of Mercury, Burnet Media, April 2020
- FutureNext: Re-imagining Our World & Conquering Uncertainty, Co-authored with John Sanei, a publication of Mercury, Burnet Media, October 2020
Currently he serves mainly the companies in the PACV’s and Pan-African Capital’s portfolio and a selected other. Below are the key organizations and companies:
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Auditor General of the SA Government (2006 to date)
- Non-Executive Board Member of ANB Investments Holding (Pty) Ltd (2009 to date)
- Non-Executive Board Member of AMSOL (Pty) Ltd (December 2018 to date)
- Economic Globalization and Fiscal Policy (Oxford University Press, 1998)
- Member of Council for Advancement of the SA Constitution (CASAC) (2019 to date)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Institute for Security Studies Africa (2021 to date)
Kleinie Swart
Financial Manager
Sahar Songok
Office Manager
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