Olaotse Matshane

Ms Olaotse Matshane began her career in 1998 as an economist in the Budget Office at the National Treasury:

Between 2001 to 2005, Ms Matshane was in the Tax Policy unit where she dealt with indirect taxes, economic analysis of tax instruments such as Personal Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax, SMME taxation, taxation of savings, tax incentives etc.

In 2006, still within the National Treasury, Ms Matshane joined the Financial Sector Development Unit as a Director for Financial Inclusion where she was responsible for all issues related to access to financial services, including the implementation of the Co-operative Banks Act. This is after playing a pivotal role in the drafting of the Co‑operative Banks Act as well as a discussion paper on the prudential regulation of co-operative banks.

Between 2012 and 2018, Ms Matshane was the Managing Director of the Co-operative Banks Development Agency (CBDA) responsible for the day-to-day running of the CBDA, implementing the strategic objectives of the organisation and overseeing the corporate services, prudential supervision, capacity building and central support services units.

2018, Ms Matshane was appointed Chief Director in the Financial Sector Policy Division of the National Treasury responsible for: Financial Inclusion, Market Conduct as well as Consumer Financial Education cross cutting the following areas - Payments, Retail Credit, Insurance, Banking, Financial Sector Ombuds, Fintech, Retirement Funds, Collective Investment Schemes and Medical Schemes.

Ms Matshane holds a Msc in Economics from the University of Essex in the UK and a BCom Honours degree from Rhodes University. She has completed other courses in the areas of Public Finance, Taxation, Microfinance, and Project Management. In 2017 she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Banking with Milpark Education (cum laude) and Awarded First Place Honours Award for Academic Excellence.

Her professional passion lies in mentoring and coaching young people, assisting them navigate the world of work and helping them to achieve their career goals.