Daryl Swanepoel

Daryl Swanepoel is the Chief Executive Officer of the Inclusive Society Institute, an independent South African non-profit public policy research institute. He is a qualified financial accountant, a former Member of Parliament, and has filled a number of senior party political and private sector posts. Concurrently, he is the Vice President of the Institute for Accounting and Commerce, a statutory recognised professional body tasked with licensing financial accountants and tax practitioners in South Africa. He is also an advisor to Tianyuan University, Tianjin, China.

He holds a National Diploma in Company Administration from the University of Johannesburg, a Bachelor of Public Administration (Honours) degree honours degree (cum laude) and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Stellenbosch. For the master’s degree, he received an academic achievement bursary.

Daryl’s current research focus areas are economics, social cohesion and geopolitics.