Robert Haydn Davies (born 12 May 1948) was minister of trade and industry of South Africa from 2009 to 2019.

[2][3] Due to his anti-apartheid activities Davies left South Africa and lived in Britain and Mozambique between 1979 and 1990.

[2][3] He was deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from June 2005 until May 2009 and Chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance.

[2][3] He was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry by President Jacob Zuma in May 2009 and re-appointed to the position on 25 May 2014.

During his first term from 2009 to 2014, he oversaw the development and implementation of annual three-year rolling Industrial Policy Action Plans as well as steering South Africa's participation in important trade relations, including the Tripartite SADC-COMESA-EAC Free Trade Area, BRICS, Economic Partnership Agreement with EU, the US Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, and World Trade Organisation Bali package.