John Steytler

John Steytler is a Namibian economist. He was the CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia from September 2023 to March 2025. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
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. Steytler resigned in 2019 and took up a position at Deutsche Gesellschaft [für Internationale Zusammenarbeit]. In September 2023 Steytler was appointed CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia, succeeding Martin Inkumbi. He resigned from the bank in March 2025.