Andrew Donaldson

Andrew Donaldson is a member of the Financial and Fiscal Commission and serves on the board of the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership and the council of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a former head of the Budget Office and the Public Finance divisions of the South African National Treasury and served as the inaugural head of the Government Technical Advisory Centre. He was responsible for the introduction of a medium-term expenditure framework in 1998 and led the subsequent reform of the budget process and restructuring of budget documentation. After retiring from the National Treasury in 2018 he served as an advisor to the Association for Savings and Investment of South Africa and has taught at the UCT School of Economics. His current work is focused on growth, public finance, employment and social security reform.