Anemé Wilna Malan

Ms Anemé Malan was appointed deputy director-general in October 2011. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics (cum laude), a BCom (Hons), a BSc and a post-graduate higher education diploma. During her studies she was recognised as the best Honours student in Economics and second best Master’s student. Ms Malan joined the public service in 1988.

Her professional career has included service at Statistics South Africa, National Treasury and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. She has held senior management positions since 2003 and has extensive experience in the field of research, statistics and knowledge management.

During her career, Ms Malan has delivered papers at various national and international conferences and represented South Africa on many international forums, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s group on tourist statistics, the Oslo City group on energy statistics, the London group on environmental accounting, and the Natural Resource Accounts project for East and Southern Africa.