Pioneer Foods

Executive Management

André Hanekom

André Hanekom (52)

CA(SA)
Managing Director

André started his career with the Group with Bokomo Breakfast Cereals and in 1994 he was appointed CEO of Bokomo. After the merger in 1997, André was the Executive at Sasko Milling & Baking before being appointed as CEO of the Group in 1999. He has been with the Group for 23 years.


Leon Cronjé

Leon Cronjé (54)

CA(SA)
Financial Director

Before joining the Group in 1987, Leon was Group Financial Manager at Boland Bank for five years. Leon was General Manager Finance at Sasko before the merger and appointed in the same role for Pioneer Foods before becoming Financial Director in 1999. He has been with the Group for 24 years.


Mkuseli  Dlikilili

Mkuseli Dlikilili (47)

B.Admin (Hons) MA
Human Resources

Mkuseli held various HR roles in the Utlilties, Beverages and Chemical sectors before joining the Group in 2001. He has been with the Group for 10 years.


Geraldine Monareng

Geraldine Monareng (40)

B.Sc, MBA
Africa Business

Geraldine is responsible for the Africa business operations and for spearheading expansion / penetration / growth into the rest of Africa. She joins the company from The South African Bureau of Standards. She has held various managerial and executive positions. She joined the group on the 1st of July 2010.

 

Lulu Khumalo

Lulu Khumalo (45)

BA (Hons) HDE
Corporate Affairs & Sustainability

Lulu started her career as an academic at Rhodes University and later entered the corporate world in communications and CSI roles and later Transformation and Corporate Affairs roles, mainly in the resources industry. She joined the group on the 1st of August 2010.

Jay_Ann_Jacobs

Jay-Ann Jacobs (39)

BA.LLB.LLM Post Graduate Diploma: Environmental Law
Group Legal & Company Secretary

Jay-Ann practised as a corporate and commercial attorney for 12 years prior to joining Pioneer Foods, four of which were as a director at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc in Cape Town.  She joined the Group on 1 March 2010.

Tertius Carstens

Tertius Carstens (48)

B.Eng (Chem) MBA
Executive Director and Sasko

Tertius has 15 years' experience within the Group, both pre- and postmerger, in managerial and executive capacities. His current position is Executive Director responsible for the Sasko division. Prior to that Tertius acted as the Executive responsible for S.A.D. He has been with the Group for 17 years.

 

Felix Lombard

Felix Lombard (42)

MComm (Tax), CA(SA)
Bokomo Foods

Felix started his career with the Group in 1995 as Head of Information Systems at Bokomo and then Pioneer Foods. He then acted as Financial Manager for Sasko Maize Mills and in 1999 was promoted to Executive: Agri Business and Packaging. Felix is currently Executive director responsible for Bokomo Foods. He has been with the Group for 16 years.

 

Pieter Hanekom

Pieter Hanekom (47)

CA(SA)
The Ceres Beverage Company

Pieter joined the Group from Distillers Corporation in 1993 as Financial Manager at Bokomo. He has since fulfilled numerous management roles in the packaging and Agri businesses before being appointed the Executive responsible for The Ceres Beverage Company in 2000. He has been with the Group for 18 years.


Hennie Lourens

Hennie Lourens (48)

B Com (Hons), M.Com, B Proc
Agri Business

Hennie joined the Group as Human Resources Manager for Bokomo in 1996 from Transnet where he was Human Resources Manager. Before being appointed as Executive: Agri in 2007, Hennie was General Manager for the Sasko grain business of the Group. He has been with the Group for 15 years.