Mike has over 37 years’ business experience in both South African and international markets. He served as CEO of RDI REIT PLC, a dual listed (LSE/JSE) property investment company from 2006 until his retirement in 2020. He has held managerial roles in the Corporate Finance Division of Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank; Nels-Bliss Dairy Group, Pegasus III, a subsidiary of Anglo American Property Services and the Corovest Property Group, a subsidiary of Coronation Capital. He has also held numerous non-executive directorships of listed companies in SA, UK, and Australia. Mike was appointed to the AVI Board on 1 June 2023 and was appointed the Chairman of the Board on 1 July 2023.
Michael John Watters
Age: 67
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) (University of Witwatersrand), Graduate Diploma (Project and Financial Management) (University of Witwatersrand), MBA (University of Cape Town)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, Afine Investment Limited
Maserame is an experienced business leader and independent non-executive director with over 30 years’ experience across consumer goods, financial services, advertising and communications, public affairs, sustainability, and governance. She has held executive leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company and Old Mutual across sub-Saharan Africa, with earlier multinational experience at Unilever and Kellogg’s. She brings strong commercial, stakeholder, sustainability, transformation, and governance experience to the Board. Maserame was appointed to the AVI Board on 1 August 2023.
Maserame Mouyeme
Age: 60
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Social Sciences and Graduate Diploma (University of Cape Town), MBA (University of West London), Executive Leadership Development Program (Harvard University)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, Shandurwa (Pty) Ltd, Mergence Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd, ForAfrika NPC (part of ForAfrika to Thrive NPC group), and Farsa Social Enterprise (Pty) Ltd
Steve joined PA Becker & Company in 1981 as a trainee Chartered Accountant and was admitted to the partnership in 1991. After the PA Becker merger with KPMG in 1992, he became an audit partner in the Industrial, Automotive, and Pharmaceutical business unit. Steve was the audit partner on several high profile clients and acted as the engagement quality review partner on a number of large, listed companies. Steve has 30 years of experience as an audit partner. Steve was appointed to the AVI Board on 1 March 2023.
Steven G Robinson
Age: 67
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Accounting Science (Hons) (UNISA), Higher Diploma in Computer Audit (University of Witwatersrand), CA (SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, Rödl (Pty) Ltd (and associated companies), and Poplars Investments (Pty) Ltd.
Alex completed her articles at PwC in 2003. She joined the PwC partnership in 2010 until February 2019. Since 2014, Alex was responsible for heading up the Governance, Risk, and Internal Audit practice in the Financial Services Assurance division at PwC. Alex was appointed to the AVI Board on 1 July 2019.
Alexandra Muller
Age: 50
Qualifications:
BAcc, BAcc Honours (Unisa), CA(SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited, Infiniti Insurance Limited, Discovery Health Medical Scheme, and Astral Foods Limited
Val has almost 40 years of business experience in a global professional services firm. During her tenure as an Executive Committee of EY Africa, she occupied numerous leadership positions, including as Africa Chief Operating Officer and subsequently as Africa Risk Leader, until her retirement in June 2023. Her portfolio included senior executive rewards and remuneration. Val was appointed to the AVI Board on 1 June 2024.
Valerie Davies
Age: 63
Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant (South Africa), B Com Honours (Rhodes University), Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (Rhodes University), Higher Diploma in Taxation (University of Witwatersrand)
Directorships:
AVI Limited
Simon was a co-founder of Otterbea International (Pty) Ltd, 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 AVI Board in 1999, was appointed business development director in 2002 and Chief Executive Officer in October 2005.
Simon L Crutchley
Age: 63
Qualifications:
BBusSci (UCT)
Directorships:
AVI Limited and AVI Group subsidiaries
Michael joined AVI in 2002 as business development analyst and was appointed to the role of business development executive in January 2011. Prior to joining AVI Michael held the position of associate at New York headquartered financial management consultancy Stern Stewart and Co., working in its Johannesburg office from 1999 to 2002. Michael was appointed to the AVI Board on 9 September 2013.
Michael Koursaris
Age: 49
Qualifications:
BCom Finance (Hons), HDip Com Law (Wits), MBA (Columbia), CFA
Directorships:
AVI Limited and AVI Group subsidiaries
Justin is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He completed his articles at KPMG in 2003 whereafter he was employed as Audit Manager and Senior Audit Manager. Justin joined the AVI Group in 2009 as the NBL Finance Executive, subsequently being promoted to: AVI Group Financial Manager (2010), Snackworks Financial Director (2015), and NBL Financial Director (2017). Justin was appointed to the AVI Board as Chief Financial Officer on 1 January 2022.
Justin C O’Meara
Age: 48
Qualifications:
BCom Acc (UJ), BCom Acc Hons (UJ), CA(SA)
Directorships:
AVI Limited and AVI Group subsidiaries
After being admitted as an attorney in 1995, Vivien spent 5 years in general legal practice before moving into the corporate legal environment with companies in the chemical and hospitality industry. She joined AVI in 2005 with the Real Beverage Company and moved to AVI head office as Legal Advisor in 2007. She was appointed to the position of Group Legal Executive in 2013.
Vivien Crystal
Age: 66
Qualifications:
B.Proc (Unisa)
Prior to joining AVI, Roelf spend 20 years at Barloworld, initially at Barloworld Equipment and later at Barloworld Handling. Starting as an accountant, Roelf progressed during his time there to hold various positions in a number of divisions. In March 2016, Roelf joined AVI as the Director of Financial Shared Services.
Roelf van der Laan
Age: 59
Qualifications:
CA(SA)
Roger joined AVI in 2000 and has been in various senior management positions running Willard’s, Real Beverage Company and Denny Mushrooms. In 2011, Roger left AVI to continue running Denny under RMB and Libstar. In 2017, Roger returned to AVI and after managing the closure and restructure of the Green Cross operations, he took on the management of the International Division. From September 2020 to the end of February 2024 Roger also took on the role of Acting Managing Director of Indigo Brands. From 1 March 2024 Roger has been appointed as the Acting Managing Director of I&J.
Roger Coppin
Age: 66
Qualifications:
Matric
Morne joined AVI in February of 2021, as Executive of Systems and Enabling Technologies for the AVI group. Morne’s career spans across multiple IT portfolios including technical, service delivery, project management and various leadership roles. Prior to AVI Morne spent 14+ years between UCS Solutions and BCX as Executive for Cloud, Infrastructure and Service Management. Morne was appointed as the Executive for AVI ITSS on 1 November 2025 to head up group IT services.
Morne van Rensburg
Age: 51
Qualifications:
MBA
Ted joined the AVI Group as Finance Director of National Brands Limited in 2022 and was appointed as Acting Managing Director of Entyce Beverages in July 2026. Prior to joining AVI, Ted held various finance and strategy leadership positions within the FMCG and industrial manufacturing sectors in South Africa and Europe, including CFO of PepsiCo Sub-Sahara Africa and Business Development Director of Kraft Foods (now Mondelez) Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Ted is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and began his career at KPMG.
Ted Willcox
Age: 49
Qualifications:
CA(SA)