Sandy Lowitt holds a Master of Commerce (Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as an economist for the government between 1995 and 2006. In addition to economic policy, strategy and advisory work she also ran the strategic and day to day operations of the Blue IQ infrastructure programme which delivered projects such as the Gautrain, Innovation Hub and Automotive Supplier Park. As a researcher at TIPS she has focused on industrial policy and strategy completing projects for the Presidency, the DTIC and National Treasury. Currently Sandy leads a team focused on Just Transition Finance. Their work includes: understanding what qualifies as a just transition investment, how to improve the just transition project pipeline and what innovative financial ecosystem instruments and mechanisms could support an accelerated just transition.
