Meet the speaker: Pravin Gordhan
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Rogger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SprachePravin Gordhan was South African Finance Minister from 2009 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2017. He is a well-known face in South African politics and widely acknowledged for his many initiatives in the Natal Indian Congress and in the African National Congress. Use the opportunity to meet one of the big-league South African politicians on an eye to eye level – in the “Meet the speaker” right after the plenum.
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Pravin GORDHAN
Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Finance, Pretoria
| 1973 | B.Sc. Pharmacy, University of Durban-Westville |
| 1974-1981 | Pharmacist, King Edward VII Hospital, Durban |
| 1977-1990 | Member, African National Congress |
| 1990-1994 | Chairperson, Convention for a Democratic South Africa |
| 1991-1994 | Co-chairperson, Transitional Executive Council, Pretoria |
| 1994-1998 | Member, African National Congress, Parliament of South Africa, Pretoria |
| 1995-1997 | Council Member, University Council, University of Durban-Westville |
| 1998-1999 | Deputy Commissioner, South African Revenue Services, Pretoria |
| 1999-2009 | Commissioner, South African Revenue Services, Pretoria |
| 2000-2006 | Chairperson, World Customs Organisation |
| 2007 | Doctorate, Commerce honoris, University of South Africa and Doctorate, Law honoris causa, University of Cape Town |
| 2009-2014 | Minister, South African Ministry of Finance, Pretoria |
| 2014-2015 | Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Pretoria |
| 2015-2017 | Minister, South African Ministry of Finance, Parliament of South Africa, Pretoria |
| since 1994 | Minister of Parliament, African National Congress, National Assembly |
| since 1996 | Chairperson, Constitutional Committee, Parliament of South Africa |
| since 2008 | Chairperson, Forum on Tax Administration |
Dr. Jeffrey P. OWENS
Director, Global Tax Policy Center, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna; former Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
| 1962-1966 | Intermediate Examinations of the Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom |
| 1966-1969 | Honours Degree in Economics and Law, University of Wales |
| 1969-1973 | Ph.D, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 1973-1980 | Economist, Tax Division, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris |
| 1980-1990 | Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs, OECD, Paris |
| 1984-1990 | Senior Lecturer, American University in Paris |
| 1991-2001 | Head of the Fiscal Division, OECD, Paris |
| 1991-2011 | Guest Lecturer at the International Development Programme, Harvard Law School, Boston |
| 2001-2012 | Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD, Paris |
| since 2012 | Director WU Global Tax Policy Center and Professor at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law |
| Senior Policy Advisor to the Global Vice President Tax, Ernst & Young | |
| since 2013 | Advisor to the European Tax Commissioner |
| since 2014 | Panel Chairperson of the Technical Advisory Panel of the Singapore Managament University |
| since 2015 | Senior Advisor UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
