AFRILOGIC - Key Persons


Marine Biologists

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Finance Professionals

Mauritz de Kock

Job Titles:
  • Director
With more than 20 years' experience in the agriculture sector, Mauritz has held positions as financial director of grain trading business, financial manager of a fertiliser company and financial director of an international distributor. Mauritz has extensive experience as a financial executive for large multinational organisations. He has been involved in agricultural businesses as an agricultural economist and financial manager for more than 20 years and has successfully operationalised numerous ventures on the African continent. He has experience in expense management, strategic financial planning, budgeting & forecasting, business & control performance, and risk management. He gained in-depth experience of the soft commodity markets as part of a management team responsible for a storage and trading business. He has established business entities in Angola, Brazil and Mozambique and has extensive experience in the dairy, fertilizer and grain trading and handling industries. Mauritz completed several managerial courses, including a master class in hedging, Harvard Business School's negotiation and decision making, Mergers and acquisitions from the London Business School. Holding both financial and agricultural qualifications, he has recently led the turnaround of various agri-businesses and is a director of Afrilogic responsible for financial modelling and transactional services. With more than 20 years' experience in the agriculture sector, Mauritz has held positions as general manager in a grain trading business, financial manager of a fertiliser company and financial director of an international distributor.

Pieter de Jager - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Lead Director
Pieter has more than 20 years' experience in various roles in agriculture. Apart from being a commercial farmer, he was a project leader with the Deloitte Africa Agribusiness Unit (DAAU), founder of Afrilogic and Managing Director of an agro-input manufacturer. He has extensive experience in Financial and Agricultural Risk Management, Company and Asset Valuations, Production Planning and Feasibility Studies in Agriculture across Africa. Pieter was the project leader on many strategic interventions in Africa for corporates and agri-businesses, including Land O'Lakes, Bayer, Syngenta, Inteligro and Barclays Africa. He has held various leadership roles in organised agriculture and was a lead facilitator for the Agri Phakisa initiative. Pieter is the founder and lead director of Afrilogic and has successfully delivered many diverse projects for clients across the agricultural value chain.