Iraj Abedian

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Iraj Abedian is the Chief Executive Officer of Pan African Advisory Services, a position he has held since 2005.

He also currently holds the following positions:

• Economic Advisor of Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa
• Board Member of Development Bank of Southern Africa
• Various positions at Mid-term Expenditure Framework, Presidential Review Commission
• Various positions at Growth, Employment & Redistribution (GEAR)
• Various positions at White Paper | Reconstruction & Development Programme
• Various positions at Transformation of Development Bank of SA
• Founder & Director of Applied Fiscal Research Centre, University of Cape Town
• Board Member of National Business Initiative
• Board Member of Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

He has previously held the following positions:

• Director of Standard Bank Group Limited
• Director of Social Strategy, Standard Bank Group
• Group Economist at Standard Bank Group Limited
• Various positions at International Monetary Fund

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