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executive directors
SL Crutchley
Chief Executive Officer
Age: 46
Qualifications: BBusSci (UCT)
Directorships:
AVI Limited.
Simon was a co-founder of Otterbea International (Pty) Limited, an international trading business based in South Africa. He was appointed Managing Director of Consol Limited in 1997 and oversaw the successful turnaround of that company. He joined the Board of AVI Limited in 1999, was appointed Business Development Director in 2002 and Chief Executive Officer in October 2005.
OP Cressey
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 42
Qualifications: DipAcc (Natal), CA (SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited.
Owen was admitted as a chartered accountant in 1990 and held senior financial management posts in the Anglo American Group. Owen joined AVI in September 2005 as Group Financial Manager. He was appointed to the Board of AVI Limited as Chief Financial Officer in May 2006.
RS Katzen
Business Development Director
Age: 41
Qualifications: BAcc (Wits), CA (SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited.
After completing his articles at Coopers & Lybrand, Rob joined its Corporate Finance Division in 1993. He was Corporate Finance Manager for the Anglovaal Limited group in 1995 and held this position until the final restructuring of the Group in 1999, when he was appointed to the Board of AVI Ltd as Finance Director and held this position until appointed Business Development Director of AVI Limited on 1 May 2006.
non-executive directors
AWB Band
Chairman
Age: 57
Qualifications: BA, BAcc (Wits), CA (SA)
Directorships:
Chairman, AVI Limited.
Director of the Consol Group, Liberty Group Limited and Aveng Limited.
Angus joined AVI as an Executive Director in 1997 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of National Brands Limited in 1998 and Group Chief Executive Officer of AVI Limited in 1999. He is currently Chairman of AVI Limited and Aveng Limited.
A Nühn
Age: 56
Qualifications: BBusAdmin (Hogere Economische School, The Netherlands), MBA (Univ of Puget Sound, Washington)
Directorships:
AVI Limited. Alpinvest Partners NV, Macintosh Retail Group NV, Leaf BV, Sligro Food Group BV and Heiploeg NV.
Adriaan started his career as a financial analyst with Xerox Corporation, after which he spent 10 years with Procter & Gamble in Belgium, South Africa, Sweden and Austria. He then spent 17 years at Sara Lee Corporation, the last five years of which he was CEO and chairman of the Board of Management of Sara Lee International.
GR Tipper
Age: 44
Qualifications: BCom, BAcc (Wits), MBA (UCT), CA (SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, Coronation Holdings Ltd, Coronation Investments & Trading Ltd and Chairman of CIREF Ltd, an AIM London listed company.
Gavin completed his articles with KPMG in 1987. He went on to hold the position of technical partner at the firm, before joining Coronation Holdings Ltd in 2001 as chief operating officer. He is an executive director of its successor company CIT dealing in various financial instruments and long-term equity investments. Gavin was appointed to the AVI Board during March 2007 where he also serves as a member of the audit and remuneration committees.
JR Hersov
Age: 44
Qualifications: MA (Cantab)
Directorships:
AVI Limited.
James was co-founder and Joint Managing Director of Otterbea International (Pty) Limited from 1989 through 1994. In 1994 he was appointed a Director and Member of the Executive Committee of Anglovaal Limited. He was appointed to the board of Aveng Limited in 1999 and served as a Director and Member of the Audit and Risk Committee until 2008. He has also served as a Director of Control Instruments Group Limited and Wesbank.
MH Buthelezi
Age: 45
Qualifications: CA (SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, subsidiaries of the Wozani Group.
Humphrey completed his articles with Deloitte in 1990 and qualified in 1991. He ran his own audit practice for a period of eight years and then served as an audit partner at Ernst & Young for three years. Humphrey is actively involved in the petroleum industry where he is Executive Chairman of Wozani Berg Gasoline (Pty) Limited.
KE Macilwaine
Age: 52
Qualifications: BA (Business Studies) (Hons) UK
Directorships:
AVI Limited.
Kim joined Unilever (UK) in 1979 and spent the next 25 years working for the Unilever Group. He was Managing Director and the Chairman of the Unilever Food business in South Africa from 1996 to 2004. Kim was appointed to the AVI Board in March 2009.
MJ Bosman
Age: 49
Qualifications: BCom(Hons), LLM(CapeTown), AMP(Harvard), CA(SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, One Digital Media (Pty) Ltd.
Mike is the CEO of One Digital Media. He was previously the Group CEO of TBWA, which included South Africa's top-ranked creative advertising agency TBWA Hunt Lascaris, Chairman of several other communication companies in the TBWA group, and Executive Director of FCB Worldwide, an advertising agency group based in New York. Mike was appointed to the AVI Board on 1 March 2010.
A Kawa
Age:
Qualifications: MBA (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania), MA, Ed M (Columbia University), B.Sc (University of Transkei)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, Aquarius Platinum (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, Chuma Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Imara S P Reid (Pty) Ltd, Sentula Mining Limited, Zingwenya Investments (Pty) Ltd.
Andy holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School, as well as a Masters Degree in Education and Masters in Art from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Transkei. She is currently a non-executive director of various companies and the Chairman of Chuma Holdings and Vice-Chairman of the Jewellery Council of South Africa. Andy previously held senior positions in strategy and finance in the USA, UK and South Africa. She has worked in several fields including services, mining and banking.

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operational management
Entyce Beverages
Donnee MacDougall
Managing Director
Entyce Beverages


Donnee has some twenty years experience in brand management, consumer marketing, management consulting and general management focused in the FMCG industry.

She joined NBL in May 2000, and has spent time as Category Director of the Coffee & Creamer and Tea categories. In November 2006 she was appointed Managing Director of the Retail Beverages business unit.
Prior to joining the AVI Group she spent 3 years as a Senior / Managing Consultant with Gemini Consulting with a specific focus on mass merchandising, channel marketing and sales effectiveness in various consumer segments, and 6 years with Cadbury Schweppes both in SA and the UK.
Snackworks
Geoff Whyte
Managing Director
Snackworks


Geoff has approximately 20 years of FMCG industry experience having worked at Pepsico, Unilever, SAB Miller and more recently Cadbury, where he held the position of Commercial Director: Africa and Middle East. Geoff was appointed Managing Director of Snackworks with effect from 1 July 2010.
Chilled & Frozen
Ronald FasolChief Executive Officer
I&J


Ron’s early career was in engineering at Sasol and L’Air Liquide, where he started gaining commercial experience. After a spell as Business Development Manager at AECI, he served as Personal Assistant to the Executive Chairman of SAPPI until 1994, when he joined East African Packaging Industries as Managing Director. In 2004 Ron joined Oserian, part of the Mavuno Group of Companies, as Managing Director until 2007 when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Mavuno Group. Ron was appointed CEO of I&J in November 2009.
Roger CoppinManaging Director
Denny


Roger joined Simba in 1986 as Internal Auditor, and worked his way through the ranks to become National Sales Manager – General Trade. In March 1999 he was recruited into National Brands – Snacks, starting out as National Customer Business Development Manager, and after fulfilling a number of roles was promoted to Operations Executive for Willards. Roger left the Group for 1 year in 2007 to join Everite Building Products as Works Director, and returned as Managing Director for The Real Beverage Company in January 2008. He was appointed Managing Director of Denny in February 2009.
Out of Home
Rob Katzen
Acting Managing Director
Ciro Beverage Solutions


After completing his articles at Coopers & Lybrand, Rob joined its corporate finance division in 1993. He was Corporate Finance Manager for the Anglovaal Limited Group in 1995 and held this position until the final restructuring of the group in 1999, when he was appointed to the Board of AVI Limited as Finance Director. He held this position until appointed Business Development Director of AVI Limited on 1 May 2006, and then Managing Director of Ciro Beverage Solutions during July 2009.
Fashion Brands
Robert Lunt
Managing Director
Spitz

Robert joined Yardley in 1984 as an Assistant Product Manager. He was appointed Sales Director in 1992 and then Managing Director of Indigo in 1996. In September 2005, Robert was appointed Divisional Director: Semi-Durable Brands and subsequently Managing Director of Spitz in 2008.
Susan O' Keeffe
Managing Director
Indigo Cosmetics


Susan began her career in Durban working as a Product Manager for Bakers Limited before entering the cosmetic industry. She has spent the last 21 years marketing brands such as Revlon, Max Factor, Sally Hansen and Justine. In 1993 she became Marketing Director for Avroy Shlain Cosmetics and in 2000 joined Indigo Cosmetics, where she held the position of Marketing and Sales Director. In September 2005, Susan was appointed Managing Director of Indigo Cosmetics.
    
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