PREMIER FISHING & BRANDS LIMITED - Key Persons
Expertise and experience:
Ms Amod is a businesswoman who has successfully grown her import, export and manufacturing business into four branches and has more than 30 years' experience. She established a network of industries related to manufacturing and provided employment opportunities to the wider local community. She has published articles and her business has been featured in various business magazines. She is actively involved in various NGOs, outreach programmes and women's associations. After exiting her business, she has taken up directorships in various organisations and business entities
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Chief Financial Officer
Expertise and experience:
Brent Robertson is a chartered accountant with over 5 years of experience as a chartered accountant and over 7 years' experience with Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd.
Brent completed his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc between 1 March 2009 - February 2012. Through his training contract, he worked on a variety of clients in a variety of different industries, including the Fishing Industry, the retail industry and the hospitality industry.
Following the completion of his articles, Brent was employed by Premier Fishing on 1 June 2012 was appointed Group Accountant. Brent has contributed greatly to the financial reporting, Corporate Governance and the efficiency and accuracy of the financial operations. Brent has also assisted and played a major role with the year end audit, the completion of the integrated report as well as the JSE reporting requirements. On 1 November 2019, Brent was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Group.
Expertise and experience:
Mr van der Venter is a seasoned professional with more than 30 years' experience in the corporate world. He completed a B.Com degree (UNISA - 1987) as well as an MBA (UCT - 1993). He worked in the Financial Services industry (Old Mutual) during the first 7 years of his career, doing mainly actuarial and consulting work in employee benefits and investments. Mr van der Venter joined Caltex (now Chevron) in 1990 and held numerous Human Resources positions culminating in his appointment as HR Director for Sub-Saharan Africa in 1999. He subsequently held HR Director positions at Unilever SA, Anglo American (seconded to Kumba Iron Ore) and British American Tobacco until June 2014 when he decided to take a career break. These roles have honed his skills as an HR professional but have also broadened his experience as an Executive Board member of these major multi-nationals. Over the last 2 years, he has operated as a Strategy and HR Consultant. Apart from his deep expertise in the HR field and an obvious passion for people, his key strengths are in the areas of leading Organisational Change and Business Strategy development.
Advocate Dr Ramatlhodi holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence, Bachelor of Law, Master of Science in International Relations and was admitted as an Advocate to the Bar of Lesotho in 1997 and the admitted to the Bar of South Africa in 2009. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree by the University of Limpopo. Advocate Ramatlhodi has years of business experience.
Mr Mngconkola holds a Baccalaureus Technologies in Business Administration, a National Diploma in Policing, a Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management as well as various other certificates including a Certificate in Forensic and Investigative Auditing. Mr Mngconkola serves on the boards of various companies as a non-executive director as well as serves and chairs various board committees.
A fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK), Sooren has many years of international finance experience under his belt, gained from a variety of industries and blue-chip companies. His exposure to large multi-national corporates has honed his big picture thinking skills, and enhanced his attention to detail, which will stand him in good stead as he takes the helm of Premier Fishing and Brands.
Discreet and quietly unobtrusive yet with a razor-sharp mind focused on developing human capital, as much as ensuring the organization is financially sound and compliant and has a well-developed and appropriate growth trajectory, Sooren cuts to the chase, spotting hyperbole from a mile away. He also has a successful track record in negotiating at high level with different sectors. These include the likes of Government, and financial institutions where he has been adept at raising and securing monies to expand operations. Sooren is also systems driven and ably applies his skills to developing workflow processes that ensure staff satisfaction, which in turn leads to increased and sustained productivity.
With sustainability a cornerstone of the Premier Fishing and Brands business - both at an operational and an environmental level - Sooren's proven leadership skills will be an advantage to the organisation as it navigates the new post COVID-19 economic era.
Job Titles:
- Finance
- Non - Executive Director
Expertise and experience:
Valentine Dzvova is a finance professional adept at finance processes design and implementation. She has a flair for risk management and governance backed up by more than 6 (six) years of experience in external and internal audit. She is a strategic business partner, with hands-on experience of collaborating with senior executives to meet strategic objectives of an organisation.