Rob Jeffrey

Mr. Rob Jeffrey is the Managing Director & Senior Economist at Econometrix.
He has worked closely with Econometrix for many years, both as client and in a consulting capacity, and joined the team to head up a business unit in 2004.
He became Managing Director.
He has wide skills and experience ranging from negotiations with domestic and international companies and public authorities to direct line responsibility for investment decisions, mergers and acquisitions, capital projects in a range of industries, company rationalisation and restructuring, and the development and profitable growth of private and listed companies.
Starting from 1975, he moved into the construction industry as a Financial Director and latterly the Managing Director of Dorbyl Structural Engineering and a member of the Group Executive Committee.
He later joined Murray and Roberts with responsibility for a number of diverse industrial, electronic and engineering companies Prior to moving to the construction industry, he worked for the Nedcor Group in 1969 as an Investment Analyst and was appointed Investment Manager of the merchant bank after gaining experience in London.
During this time, he completed his Master of Business Laws, Cum Laude, at the University of South Africa.
He was Chairman of the Constructional Engineers Association, the CEA representative on SEIFSA, an executive member of the Association of Steel Merchant Stockholders, as well as being active on a number of other councils and committees.
Mr. Jeffrey matriculated at St. John's College, Johannesburg and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Statistics and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand.
He won a scholarship to Cambridge University and obtained a Master of Arts degree in Economics.