Fact Sheet

    Quick Facts

    Year end:
    June

    Registration number:
    1944/017201/06

    Full Name:
    AVI Limited

    Number of employees:
    7946

    Transfer secretary:
    Computershare Investor Services 2004 (Pty) Ltd

    Nature of business:
    AVI Ltd (“the Company”), is registered and incorporated in the Republic of South Africa and listed on the JSE Ltd (JSE). The Group comprises trading subsidiaries that manufacture, process, market & distribute branded consumer products in the food, beverage and fashion categories.

    JSE sector:
    J357-Food Producers

    Leading Brands:
    Five Roses, Freshpak, Ellis Brown, Frisco, House of Coffees, Bakers, Pyotts, Provita, Willards, I&J, Ciro, Yardley, Lentheric, Coty, Spitz, Carvela, Kurt Geiger, Tosoni, Lacoste, Gant

    Contact Details:
    Telephone: +27 (0) 11 502 1300
    Fax: +27 (0) 11 502 1301
    Email: [email protected]
    Postal Address: PO Box 1897, Saxonwold, 2132, South Africa
    Registered Address: 2 Harries Road, Illovo, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Key People & Partners

    Attorneys:
    Deneys Reitz Inc, Taback & Associates (Pty) Ltd

    Auditors:
    KPMG Inc

    Bankers:
    The Standard Bank of SA Ltd / FirstRand Bank Ltd

    AVI Executive Team:
    Mr SL Crutchley, BBusSci (UCT)
    Mr OP Cressey, DipAcc (Natal), CA(SA)
    Ms CE Makin, BBusSci (UCT)
    Mr M Koursaris, BComm, Hons (Finance), H.Dip Comm Law (Wits), MBA (Columbia), CFA
    Ms V Crystal, B.Proc (Unisa)

    Non-Executive Directors:
    Mr A Nühn, BBusAdmin (Hogere Economische School, Eindhoven, The Netherlands), MBA (Univ of Puget Sound, Washington)
    Mr GR Tipper, BCom, BAcc (Wits), MBA (UCT), CA(SA)
    Mr JR Hersov, MA (Cantab)
    Mr MJ Bosman, B Com (Hons) LLM (CapeTown) AMP(Harvard) CA(SA)
    A Kawa, MBA (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania), MA, Ed M (Columbia University), B.Sc (University of Transkei)
    Mr A Thebyane, B.Admin from the University of the North; Postgraduate Diploma in HR Management from Wits Business School; Diploma in Company Direction from the Graduate Institute of Management & Technology; MBA from De Montfort University, UK
    Mrs A Muller, BAcc, BAcc Honours (UNISA), CA(SA)

    Nature of business:
    AVI Ltd (“the Company”), is registered and incorporated in the Republic of South Africa and listed on the JSE Ltd (JSE) and A2X. The Group comprises trading subsidiaries that manufacture, process, market & distribute branded consumer products in the food, beverage and fashion categories.