Gwen Ngwenya

Gwen Ngwenya is CEO of Techpol, a policy and public affairs advisory. Prior to this she was Head of Policy and a Member of Parliament in the national legislature of South Africa. 

Her previous experience includes Chief Operating Officer at the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). She has also worked in India as an economist covering the pharmaceutical and airline industries, where she was recruited as an analyst by Bloomberg, thus moving from New Delhi to London before moving back to South Africa again to the Johannesburg office.

She has degrees from the University of Cape Town (BSocSc) and Université Paris XII (International Economics), where she wrote her thesis on "Optimal Cartel Policy in India".