John Steytler is a Namibian economist. He is the CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia since September 2023. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.[1]
Steytler was head of research and chief economist at the Bank of Namibia, and senior economist at the International Monetary Fund. He became the first statistician-general of Namibia when the Namibia Statistics Agency was founded in 2011. He served until 2015 and then became special advisor on economic affairs to president Hage Geingob.[2] Steytler resigned in 2019 and took up a position at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.[3] In September 2023 Steytler was appointed CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia, succeeding Martin Inkumbi.[4]