Kennett Sinclair
Kennett Sinclair BCom, BAcc (Hons), CA(SA), CFA Chief Executive Officer Date joined: 2019 As the Chief Executive Officer, Kennett is a highly qualified and skilled executive with considerable experience. Kennett is a qualified chartered accountant and CFA charter holder who holds an Honours degree in Accountancy. He has over 20 years of experience in asset...
Kennett Sinclair
Kennett Sinclair BCom, BAcc (Hons), CA(SA), CFA Group Chief Executive Officer Member of the Agricultural, Risk, Social and Ethics Committees Appointed to the Board: August 2019 As the Chief Executive Officer, Kennett is a highly qualified and skilled executive with considerable experience. Kennett is a qualified chartered accountant and CFA charter holder who holds an...
Melani De Castro
Melani De Castro BAcc (Hons), CA(SA) Chief Financial Officer Appointed to the Board: April 2026 Melani is a qualified chartered accountant, she joined Cookes Brothers in 2016 as Project Accountant and later served as the Company’s Group Financial Manager. Prior to joining Crookes Brothers, she comlpeted her articles at Deloitte in the firm’s Durban offices.
Larry Riddle
Larry Riddle BCom, BAcc (Hons), CA(SA) Independent Chairman of the Board Member of Agricultural, Audit and Human Capital Committees Appointed to the board: April 2019 Larry previously held the positions of Commercial Director and Group Corporate & External Affairs Director of Illovo Sugar Africa. Larry also played a key role in looking after the Illovo...
Thomas Attree
Thomas Attree MA (Hons), CA(ICAEW) Independent Non-executive Director Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee Member of the Social and Ethics Committee Appointed to the board: April 2026 Thomas has more than 20 years’ experience as a strategic finance, technology and sustainability leader for companies dual listed on the London Stock Exchange and JSE, with...
Barto Van Der Merwe
Barto Van Der Merwe Professional Structural Engineer Managing Director of Renishaw Property Developments Year joined: 2021 I was born in Bloemfontein but grew up in Cape Town and am a Professional Structural Engineer by profession. I have lived and worked in Cape Town, Pretoria, England and Ireland (which is where I met my wife). When...
Erlendur Erlendsson
Erlendur Erlendsson Diplima Agricultural Cedara Regional General Manager Sugarcane Year joined: 1995 Elli brings over 34 years of experience in general irrigated farm management and production, with a specialization in sugarcane and additional expertise in banana production. During his tenure managing CBL Mpumalanga operations, he developed significant skills in overseeing CBL Joint Ventures. Notably, he...
Jaco Badenhorst
Jaco Badenhorst Diploma Plant Production General Manager – Sub Tropical Fruit Year joined: 2004
Richard Chance
Richard Chance BA LLB, CSEP (Columbia) Independent Non-executive Director Social and Ethics Committee Chairman Member of the Audit and Risk and Human Capital Committees Appointed to the Board: July 2015 Richard is the Founder and Executive Director of Altor Africa (Pty) Limited, which is a Company that engages primarily in animal and human nutrition in...
Tim Crookes
Tim Crookes M Agric Mgt cum laude Independent Non-executive Director Member of the Agricultural and Audit and Risk Committees Appointed to the Board: July 2015 Tim is Managing Director of Ellingham Estate, with significant farming interests, both personally and as part of the group. Tim was previously Manager of the Banana Growers Association of South...