Dr Johannes Christoffel Petrus Tesselaar is a highly accomplished Public Administration and Municipal Finance Executive with more than 36 years of experience across South Africa’s local government sphere.
Holding a Doctor of Technology (Public Administration), MBA, Honours in Public Administration,
and BCom, he combines academic depth with extensive executive leadership and consulting expertise.
He has served in senior leadership roles, most notably as Chief Financial Officer at district municipality level, where he consistently drove financial sustainability, governance excellence, and institutional innovation, contributing to multiple clean audits and national recognition for performance excellence.
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Dr Tesselaar is recognised as a strategic, analytical, and people-focused leader,
with a proven ability to operate effectively at political, administrative, and stakeholder levels. His professional approach integrates governance, finance, policy, and innovation to deliver measurable improvements in public sector performance.
