Board Chairman - Director
Dr Theo de Jager – He is a founder member and
Chairman of the Board and one of AaA’s
Directors. He was the President of the Southern
African Confederation of Agricultural Unions
(SACAU) and former President of the Pan African
Farmers Organisation (PAFO). He is busy in his 2nd
term as the President of the World Farmers
Organisation (WFO)
CEO - Director
Dirk Hanekom – He is a founder member and
CEO of Agri All Africa. He was the last Chairman
of the African Committee of Agri SA and previous
Executive Manager of Agri Gauteng
Marketing Director
Marianna Du Plessis is the Director responsible
for Marketing and Public Liaison. She manages
the social platforms and organises international
as well as national tours and conferencing
events.
AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIONS
(trading as African
Agriculture)
Managing Director
André Botha* – Co Founder of The Africa Committee of
Agri SA. He served 13 years on the Executive of Agri
SA and is the MD of African Agriculture with vast
agricultural experience in African farming and
developments.
Chief Financial Officer
Manie Grobler* has a vast experience in commercial
value-chains involving the financial management of
agricultural commodities but especially red meat. He
was the previous CFO of Kanhym. He is AAP’s Chief
Financial Officer.
NOTE: André and Manie forms part of
the permanent structure of the
Project company African Agricultural
Production (AAP) trading as African
Agriculture but still serve AaA npc
from a consultancy platform. AaA
does the same from a npc point of
view for AAP. Dirk is director in both
entities with obligation to maintain a
strategic link between the two
platforms.
Company Administration Support
Anneke Roux is responsible for coordinating
office activities and operations to secure
efficiency and compliance to company
policies. She manages agendas/travel
arrangements / appointments etc for the
management as well as all administration
tasks. She is also responsible for creating and
update records and databases with personnel,
financial and other data.