Kuben Naidoo

Head of Secretariat, National Planning Commission South African Government

Common Purpose Trustee

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Kuben Naidoo joined the Common Purpose board after attending the Matrix programme in 2002 (i think). He has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Management from Wits University and an MBA from the University of Birmingham, UK. Kuben is presently the head of the Budget Office in the National Treasury. He joined the National Treasury at the beginning of 1998, has worked on education finance, public sector personnel policy, intergovernmental fiscal relations, capital budgeting, budget reform and fiscal policy. Kuben also did a two year stint at the UK Treasury, working on capital budgets and their biannual spending review. Kuben was born in Johannesburg and enjoyes hiking and football.