Dirk van Seventer
Modelling expert
Dirk van Seventer is an independent consultant with the Shared Value practice and a senior expert in the measurement of economy-wide impact of companies and sectors.
Dirk has been involved in a number of impact assessment projects in Southern Africa for the World Bank, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, the South African National Treasury and South African Revenue Services.
Previously, Dirk was a research economist at the Development Bank of Southern Africa and was involved in the development of a framework of regional Input-Output tables for South Africa, as well as the estimation of a national Social Accounting Matrix.
Dirk is a Research Fellow at Trade and Industry Policy Strategies, and an Associate Economist at Infometrics, an economics consultancy based in New Zealand. He holds a master’s in Economics from the Rijkuniversiteit of Groningen, Netherlands.
