Brian Scallan
Brian Scallan lectures in economics and financial services management for the B.Com degree at the Da Vinci Institute. In a broad career spanning 65 years, he has been a researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, a management consultant, an investment banker at Standard Bank, and a project finance consultant, and has been involved in mining finance for UK and Canadian companies in the DRC. Scallan has a B.Sc (Eng) degree in chemical engineering from UCT, a B.Com from Unisa and an MBA from UCT.
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Skin in the game: beyond BEE
- By Brian Scallan
- . Oct 25, 2026
Recently, leading South African commentators including Professor William Gumede, the IRR’s Dr Anthea Jeffery and Moeletsi Mbeki have advocated the scrapping of BEE.
Alfred Marshall’s unrealised hope: cooperation and economic renewal in SA
- By Brian Scallan
- . Sep 26, 2026
Over a hundred years ago Alfred Marshall, the pioneer of neoclassical economics, described the industrial character of South Africa as follows: “South Africa has shown