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Consulting economist
Conrad Vangass
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London, United Kingdom
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• I am a consulting economist focusing on public finance management (with both social and infrastructural experience); and macroeconomics. • I have Master level qualifications in economics and urban & regional planning, supplemented with executive short courses in business and financial management. • I am seeking analyst or project management work with economics, finance or management research institutes or consultants; and/or local or national government. • My professional experience to date has been in South Africa, where I held research project and programme management positions in agencies under the National Treasury umbrella. • I am skilled in spreadsheet modelling, experienced in stakeholder liaison with government officials and legislators and trained in econometric analysis and forecasting. • I am a dual British - South African citizen. I moved to London in April 2018.
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United Kingdom
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English
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My experience
2018 - ?
freelance
Public finance management consultant
unknown.
• Responsible for business planning, marketing, procurement, accounting, records and database design, research operations and management.
• Current projects include (a) developing UK-wide local authority database of electoral performance and Council delivery and (b) a policy recommendations report on regional government outputs and outcomes for South Africa.
• Current projects include (a) developing UK-wide local authority database of electoral performance and Council delivery and (b) a policy recommendations report on regional government outputs and outcomes for South Africa.
Marketing, Design, Operations, Research, Procurement, Database, Database design, Management, Finance, Management Consultant
2014 - 2018
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Director
CvG Consulting (Pty) Ltd.
(https://www.gtac.gov.za/)
• My primary client was the Government Technical Advisory Centre. GTAC is an arm of the South African National Treasury responsible for managing government contracts for technical advice. I was registered as a public spending evaluator and local economic development specialist (employing two staff members). I established the company in March 2016.
• Relevant projects include a cost-benefit analysis model of a mixed income residential, commercial and industrial new-town development outside Durban; and a situational analysis and assessment of the national public housing corporation's strategic plan.
• My primary client was the Government Technical Advisory Centre. GTAC is an arm of the South African National Treasury responsible for managing government contracts for technical advice. I was registered as a public spending evaluator and local economic development specialist (employing two staff members). I established the company in March 2016.
• Relevant projects include a cost-benefit analysis model of a mixed income residential, commercial and industrial new-town development outside Durban; and a situational analysis and assessment of the national public housing corporation's strategic plan.
Contracts, Development, Assessment, Contracts, Treasury
2000 - 2011
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Programme manager
Financial and Fiscal Commission.
(http://www.ffc.co.za/)
• The FFC is funded by the [South African] National Treasury as an independent advisor on intergovernmental fiscal relations between the national funder of provincial & municipal levels of government.
• I directly managed a budget analysis unit of two to three reports. My team's primary task was to produce an annual submission analysing the equity, efficiency and effectiveness of national revenue allocation formulae and sub-national government spending.
• Most of my unit's recommendations revolved around grant design, annual cash flow management and institutional mechanisms for enhancing data collection of delivery and impact by government departments, with which to more accurately target intended beneficiaries and minimise wastage.
• Sectors recommended upon include early, basic and adult education; clinical and hospital health care; welfare transfers; housing and municipal utilities; research and innovation; and governance.
• I presented findings and recommendations with my team to national, provincial and municipal legislatures, as well as technical working groups of government officials.
• The FFC is funded by the [South African] National Treasury as an independent advisor on intergovernmental fiscal relations between the national funder of provincial & municipal levels of government.
• I directly managed a budget analysis unit of two to three reports. My team's primary task was to produce an annual submission analysing the equity, efficiency and effectiveness of national revenue allocation formulae and sub-national government spending.
• Most of my unit's recommendations revolved around grant design, annual cash flow management and institutional mechanisms for enhancing data collection of delivery and impact by government departments, with which to more accurately target intended beneficiaries and minimise wastage.
• Sectors recommended upon include early, basic and adult education; clinical and hospital health care; welfare transfers; housing and municipal utilities; research and innovation; and governance.
• I presented findings and recommendations with my team to national, provincial and municipal legislatures, as well as technical working groups of government officials.
Design, Research, Budget, Innovation, Management, Health, Data collection, Http, Utilities, Treasury, Manager, Basic
1998 - 2000
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Policy analyst
Development Bank of Southern Africa.
(https://www.dbsa.org/)
• The DBSA provides infrastructure finance and technical advice to Southern African municipalities and public utilities.
• My job as a policy analyst was to establish a model for measuring and reporting on the impact of the bank's loan disbursements on employment and income distribution. I co-authored an internal publication on the employment impacts of construction spending.
• The DBSA provides infrastructure finance and technical advice to Southern African municipalities and public utilities.
• My job as a policy analyst was to establish a model for measuring and reporting on the impact of the bank's loan disbursements on employment and income distribution. I co-authored an internal publication on the employment impacts of construction spending.
Finance, Infrastructure, Analyst, Utilities
1994 - 1996
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Economic planner
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick.
• Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick was a UK-based civil engineering company which has subsequently been absorbed into Aecom.
• I undertook cost-benefit and economic impact assessments of water, electricity, housing and other utility projects, as well as the programming and budgeting for the team's spatial and economic development plans.
• I undertook cost-benefit and economic impact assessments of water, electricity, housing and other utility projects, as well as the programming and budgeting for the team's spatial and economic development plans.
Engineering, Development
1991 - 1993
job
Research officer
University of Natal.
(http://www.besg.co.za/)
• BESG is a non-profit company assisting community-based organisations secure funding for housing.
• I acted as housing finance consultant to the [South African] National Housing Forum tasked to formulate a new housing policy for South Africa. I drafted policy reports on the design and application of a capital subsidy instrument to the range of housing types including mortgaged suburban development, public rental sales, conversions to housing associations, migrant hostels and informal settlement upgrades for both developers and end-users.
• BESG is a non-profit company assisting community-based organisations secure funding for housing.
• I acted as housing finance consultant to the [South African] National Housing Forum tasked to formulate a new housing policy for South Africa. I drafted policy reports on the design and application of a capital subsidy instrument to the range of housing types including mortgaged suburban development, public rental sales, conversions to housing associations, migrant hostels and informal settlement upgrades for both developers and end-users.
Design, Research, Finance, Sales, Development, Community, Http
My education
University of Cape Town
Masters, Applied Development Economics
Masters, Applied Development Economics
Center for Financial and Management Studies University of London
N/a, Government (Minor in Management Studies)
N/a, Government (Minor in Management Studies)
World Bank Institute
N/a, Management and public financial accountability (Minor in Bank)
N/a, Management and public financial accountability (Minor in Bank)
Applied Fiscal Research Center University of Cape Town
N/a, Public Finance Management
N/a, Public Finance Management
University of Natal
Masters, Town and Regional Planning
Masters, Town and Regional Planning
University of Natal
Bachelors, Economics
Bachelors, Economics
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