Hannah is a senior associate director in Financial Advisory, where she leads the South Africa Economic Advisory practice. She is also Deloitte’s chief economist for Southern Africa. Until the end of 2023, Marais led the firm’s Insights portfolio, producing research-based thought leadership across Africa. She has also previously led Knowledge Management for Deloitte Africa. Over the last 18 years, Marais has worked with corporate and government leaders, providing market assessments, market-entry and -expansion strategies, policy analyses and strategic advice, trade and investment analyses, socioeconomic impact analyses, as well as macroeconomic outlooks, and reviews.