CROOKES BROTHERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director
Farzanah is a qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years of local and international experience in strategy development and implementation, market and brand positioning, business optimisation, governance, risk management, internal auditing, leadership development, financial and management accounting, and communications. She has worked for three of the big four auditing firms and has held numerous senior leadership roles including being a director at KPMG in the advisory practice for 10 years, and she has served on the KPMG South Africa board. She is also a non-executive director at Tsogo Sun Gaming Limited. Her experience also includes lecturing postgraduate managerial accounting and finance, working for Coles Myer Limited in Melbourne, Australia, and serving as the National President of the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa from 2014 to 2017.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Chief Investment Officer of Silverstreet Capital
- Non - Executive Director / Member of the Human Capital Committee
Gary is Chief Investment Officer of Silverstreet Capital, a London-based investment management business focused on the agricultural sector in Africa. He previously worked at Gartmore Investment and ABN AMRO, both based in London.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Kennett was a partner at EXEO Capital. Kennett is a CFA charter holder and a chartered accountant and holds a honours degree in Accountancy. He has over 18 years of experience in asset management, auditing, finance and operational management and corporate finance and private equity.
Larry previously held the positions of Commercial Director and Group Corporate and External Affairs Director of Illovo Sugar Africa. Larry also played a key role in looking after the Illovo Joint Ventures and Associate companies in the Group, including Gledhow Sugar Company and Glendale Distilling Company. He is a past Chairman of the South African Sugar Millers' Association and the Ethanol Producers' Association of South Africa.
Prior to joining Crookes Brothers, Nigel was employed as a Financial Manager at Grindrod and worked as a Senior Consultant at PwC in the firm's Durban and London offices. Nigel has been with Crookes Brothers since January 2014, and previously served as the company's Group Financial Manager.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Richard was a practicing attorney before joining SA Breweries, where he served in a number of executive positions over many years. Richard has consulted to a number of leading companies and is founder and executive director of Altor Africa (Pty) Limited, which is engaged primarily in animal and human nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Non - Executive Director / Chairman of the Agricultural Committee Member of the Risk Committee
Tim is Head of Agricultural Research for Silverstreet Capital. He has extensive experience in the management of large commercial farms in Africa, including the development of greenfield sites and outgrower schemes.