Dr Azar Jammine

Dr Azar Jammine
Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix (Pty) Ltd

Dr Azar Jammine is the Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix (Pty) Ltd, South Africa's leading independent economic research consultancy and forecasting company, established in 1982. He has been in his current position since December 1985 and has established a significant profile in South Africa as an analyst and commentator on domestic and international economic affairs.

Dr Jammine has conducted more than 5,000 presentations to leading client corporations and other institutions, as well as at conferences dealing with the local and international economic environment. In this capacity, he was also invited over the years by several corporations to serve as an independent non-executive director, including six that were listed on the JSE. Dr Jammine has been quoted in thousands of newspapers and magazines in South Africa and abroad and interviewed hundreds of times on local and international radio and television. 

Dr Jammine has been a member of the Executive Committee of ISASA (Independent Schools Association of South Africa) for the past decade and still serves in that capacity. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Wits University Foundation. Dr Jammine recently retired as a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation, a body of experts appointed by the Department of Science and Technology, but still assists NACI on an ad-hoc basis as an expert on various tasks. He has recently been elected to the main board of the Wanderers club and serves on the Audit and Investment subcommittees of that club. In 2018, Dr Jammine was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at The South African Professional Services Awards Association (sponsored by Sanlam).  

Academically, Dr Jammine obtained a BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Statistics and a BA (Hons) in Economics at Wits, followed by an M.Sc. in Economics from the LSE and a PhD at the London Business School.

Dr Jammin has a particular interest in education as a key aspect of South African society that is critical to the successful development of the economy and the upliftment of its people, and has a deep understanding of the financial and funding operations of schools and universities.