Well-known Econometrix senior economist, Tony Twine, has been discribed as a true gentleman. Twine died on March 11, 2012 after suffering a heart attack.
Twine was born in Cape Town on March 23, 1954. Twine served as a Board Member of the Road Accident Fund. He was also a Director of Econometrix Limited and a Managing Director of Marketing Environments.
Twine also served as Senior Economist of Econometrix (Pty) Limited. Mike Schussler from T_ sec says Twine’s expertise will be missed. Schussler says: “It’s a great loss to this country.”
Twine’s Wife Marilyn says she’s heart broken: “Oh my goodness I don’t know – it got me at a difficult time.”
She says Twine is likely to be laid to rest later in the week.
He has contributed to national government on energy policy
Tony Twine matriculated from Pinelands High School and graduated from UCT. From 1976 he studied further at UNISA while working for Mobil Oil Southern Africa where he worked extensively on demand models for gasoline and diesel. He later joined Datsun Nissan, where he successively worked as Senior Economist and Market Research Manager. Much of his time was spent on developing data systems, as well as creating and refining forecasting systems.
He joined forces with Econometrix in 1983, becoming a Director in 1986. Although best known for his work in the multi-faceted Motor Industry, he has contributed to the development, either in whole or in part, of many of the forecasting models which Econometrix has developed. Since 2002, he has supervised and contributed to Econometrix’s Consumer Market Trends product, and has conceived and created several large scale forecasting models and accompanying intelligence packages for major public enterprises. He has contributed to national government on energy policy, as well as having been intimately involved in the creation of development policies for several government departments.
Over the past 15 years, he has enjoyed contributing long running editorial pieces published from time to time by Reuters, Intelligence Magazine, the SA Journal of International Trade and Investment, Professional Management Review, Location South Africa (published by Investment SA), “South Africa”, the journal of the President’s International Marketing Committee, and Auto Insight. He has also contributed political analysis to several overseas consultancies, including The Economist Intelligence Unit.
(Source: econometrix home page)
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