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Deputy Director-General: Tourism Research, Policy and International Relations

Department of Tourism

Anemé Malan was appointed Deputy Director-General at the Department of Tourism in October 2011 and has since been responsible for a number of portfolios at the department. She holds a master’s degree in economics (cum laude), a BCom (Hons) specialising in economics and computer science, a BSc and a postgraduate higher education diploma.  

Her professional career has included service at Statistics South Africa, the National Treasury and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. She has held senior management positions since 2003 and has extensive experience in the field of, among others, research, statistics, knowledge management and international relations.

During her career she has delivered papers at various national and international conferences and represented South Africa on many international forums, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s group on tourist statistics, the Oslo City group on energy statistics, the London group on environmental accounting, and the Natural Resource Accounts project for East and Southern Africa.

Anemé is married and the proud mom of two boys.