About: Zavareh Rustomjee is an independent consultant and development economist with extensive experience in the development and implementation of industrial, trade, energy and infrastructure policy; private and public sector strategy development as well as having served on the boards of a number of South African Development Finance Institutions. Zavareh researched and contributed to the development of industrial and trade policy in South Africa between 1990 and 1999, during which he also served for 5 years as the Director General of the DTI.

Research Interests: Industry, Infrastructure, Minerals Energy

Area Interests: South and Southern Africa

Education: PhD Economics (SOAS, University of London), MPhil Development Economics (University of Sussex), MSc.Industrial Engineering (University of the Witwatersrand), BSc.(Hons)Chemical Engineering (University of Surrey)

Work Experience: (Current) Independent Consultant, (2002 – May 2005) Executive Director: Southern Africa Energy, BHP Billiton South Africa, (2001- August 2002) Consultant. Special Advisor (part-time) to the Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister of Minerals and Energy, (1994-1999) Director-General, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), (1993-4) Coordinated the ANC Department of Economic Planning’s Trade and Industry Desk, (1990-4) Completed policy-oriented research on the South African minerals, energy and engineering sector, (1980-88) 9 years professional engineering work experience in South African industry, including the petroleum, industrial gas and process plant design and contracting sectors

Selected Publications: Fine, B., and Rustomjee, Z., 1996, The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals-energy Complex to Industrialisation, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers