Senior Nedbank executive seconded to Investment Mobilisation Programme
A senior executive from Nedbank, Anthony Costa, has been seconded to the Investment Mobilisation Programme (IMP) established by President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this year. Costa was asked to assist with the IMP at the behest of presidential economic advisor, Trudi Makhaya, who is responsible for overseeing the work of the IMP. She has had a distinguished career as both an academic and executive. "I am delighted to be asked to assist," says Costa. "We have a very ambitious target of attracting $100bn in new investment over the next five years in the form of foreign and domestic direct investment. So, I think it represents a commitment by government to generate a step-change in the level of investment that should lead to higher economic growth and greater job creation." This is not the first time Nedbank has made its executives available to help the government, having previously seconded Willie Scholtz to work in the criminal justice system. Nedbank CEO Mike Brown said, "It’s really ...
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