Neal Rijkenberg

Neal Rijkenberg is the minister of finance of Eswatini since November 2018.

His family moved from South Africa to Swaziland in 1970. Rijkenberg previously was CEO of timber producer Montigny Group from 1997. He co-founded Bulembu Ministries Eswatini. He was also a director in Bulembu Ministries from 2005 to 2018. A self-described proponent of a free-market economy, he supports slashing labour and competition regulations. In February 2020, he cut the country's corporate tax rate from 27.5% to 12.5%.