South Africa

ember of the Social and Ethics Committee from November 2011 Started his career in 1997 as Animal Nutritionist for Meadow Feeds Delmas and Meadow Feeds Welkom. In 1998 he was appointed as the Technical Manager for Meadow Feeds Delmas, and in 2001 appointed as the Technical Manager for Meadow Feeds Northern Region. In 2004 he… read more »

Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee from October 2010. Chairman of the Social and Ethics Committee from November 2011. Member of the Human Resources, Remuneration and Nominations Committee from June 2014. Chairman of the board from June 2014. Served as minister of religion of a congregation in Pretoria since 1983. Completed doctorate in… read more »

Salim Young is an experienced business executive and corporate lawyer and is a former director of Webber Wentzel. He recently retired after 12 years as Executive Director on the board of British American Tobacco (SA). Salim Young holds a master’s degree (LLM) in International Commercial Law from Tulane University, as well as Certificates in Law… read more »

Evert Potgieter : After the completion of his B.Compt. degree and articles and a two-year period as an audit manager at an auditing firm, joined the Altron Group in 1997 in the internal audit department. During his time at Altron obtained his Certified Internal Audit certification and was promoted to deputy internal audit manager, a… read more »

Kevin Andrew Warwick Hardy is the former Managing Director of BT Africa and has worked for various reputable technology companies such as Cisco Systems, Aspivia Intelligent Telecoms and Dimension Data. Kevin Andrew Warwick Hardy is a seasoned and respected ICT professional who spent years working towards digital inclusion across Africa (South Africa too)and will be… read more »

Holds a Master’s degree in Animal Science from the University of Natal. He also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of the Witwatersrand which he completed in 2005. Gary is a registered Professional Animal Scientist. Appointed as Managing Director of Nutec on 1 August 2004, and later as Chief Operating Officer… read more »

Having previously farmed in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, he joined Meadow Feeds as a Technical Advisor in 1998 as part of the team that established the Eastern Cape operations. He holds a BSc Agriculture degree from the University of Natal and a Master’s degree in Business Management from Henley Management College, UK, and is a Registered… read more »

Held various positions in operational financial management, tax management, project management before joining Astral Foods as Group Financial Manager in 2001

Chris Schutte started career as Assistant Farm Manager in 1984 at Golden Lay Farms, a division of Tiger Brands. After 18 years with this group, joined Astral Foods Limited in 2002 as Manager of retail sales for Meadow Feeds. Chris Schutte was appointed as Managing Director for the Animal Feeds division in July 2004 before… read more »

Having previously farmed in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, Andy Crocker joined Meadow Feeds as a Technical Advisor in 1998 as part of the team that established the Eastern Cape operations. He holds a BSc Agriculture degree from the University of Natal and a Master’s degree in Business Management from Henley Management College, UK, and is a… read more »

Marthinus Theunis Lategan: Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee from September 2016 Marthinus Theunis Lategan joined Rand Merchant Bank’s Structured Finance team in 1994 and in 1999, following the formation of the FirstRand Banking Group, became the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporate and Commercial Banking division of First National Bank. In 2005… read more »

Diederik J Fouche: Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee from November 2015 Experience: Former head of PwC Southern Africa consumer industrial products and services industry practice (“CIPS”) for 17 years. Served as member of the PwC Southern Africa & Africa Board and was chairman of the Finance and Risk Committee. He also represented… read more »

Henk qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 and completed his articles with KPMG where he rose to group manager before he left in 1991 to pursue a career in corporate finance and investment banking over the next 20 years with Absa Merchant Bank, Grindrod Bank and Vunani Limited. Henk gained valuable experience during this… read more »

Mohamed has been an attorney for more than 30 years. During this time he has represented a diverse range of clients in commercial and corporate litigation, insolvency law and administrative law. He is a former president and current member of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Mohamed was an advisor to the Constitutional… read more »

Member of the Social and Ethics Committee from August 2014 A seasoned manager in the healthcare industry with experience in adjudication of claims, membership management and management of walk-in client service centres in all provinces. Currently employed at Metropolitan Health as Government Employees Medical Scheme General Manager and previously as Transmed General Manager. Prior positions… read more »