Frans Cronje was educated at St Johns College and Wits University and holds a PHD in scenario
planning from North-West University. He is the CEO of the IRR and directs the Centre for Risk
Analysis. The IRR is a public policy think tank established in 1929 to promote human rights in
South Africa. The Centre for Risk Analysis was established in 2010 and advises on global and
South African political, economic, social, and policy risk. He has authored three books on the
future of South Africa and the world and advised several hundred corporations and government
agencies. He presents the CRA’s ‘Risk Alert’ podcast and note every Monday morning at 7am.