Elmarie Nel is a senior consultant/economist in the Africa Insights team. She is passionate about aligning public sector goals with private sector efficiency and has extensively engaged with the mining industry on delivering value beyond compliance. She assists clients in defining and executing their strategies with expertise in policy implications, localisation and data-driven diversity and inclusivity strategies. She holds an MComm in econometrics from the University of Pretoria and an honours in mathematical statistics and economics from Stellenbosch University.