George Esterhuizen

George has strong technical and business experience with an impressive track record of more than 20 years of hands-on practice in strategic financial planning, budget planning/ monitoring, business unit development, project management, municipal property management, human settlement strategy development, municipal valuation management, and municipal geomatics management.  He has extensive experience in private and municipal accounting & financial management and municipal housing development strategies.

He is key in the roll-out and first time implementation of accrual based IPSAS within Namibia.  He was the initiator and implementer of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) at the City of Windhoek in 2015.  He has since been instrumental in the IPSAS training support provided in Namibia which includes training support to Namibian Regional Authorities as issued by the Namibian Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and NIPAM.  He has extensive local public accounting and finance experience.  He previously served at the City of Windhoek Municipality where he held Top Management Positions such as Strategic Executive: Housing, Property Management and Human Settlement and Strategic Executive: Finance.