Ms. Jodi Scholtz joined the public service in 2002 from the private sector and has been the Chief Operating Officer (GCOO) of the National Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) since November 2009. Prior to this appointment, she was the Chief Operating Officer in the International Trade and Economic Development Division of the dtic. Her key areas of
responsibility include strategy development and planning, compliance reporting on performance information, public entity management and governance oversight, and marketing and stakeholder engagement. She is responsible for the development of the dtic's strategy and annual business plan as well as the annual report. Her primary mandate is to facilitate organisational improvement, monitor organisational performance and facilitate process efficiencies.


She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Arts from the University of Cape Town, an Honours Degree in Commerce from the University of the Western Cape, a Masters in Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, a diploma in International Trade Policy & Law from Harvard University J F Kennedy School of Government, a post graduate diploma in Trade Policy and Practice from the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business and also has participated in the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics in addition to various other short courses. She is currently the Lead Administrator at the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) tasked with developing and implementing a turnaround strategy to return SABS to financial sustainability