The people behind our purpose
Experienced professionals committed to supporting South African agriculture and providing fair and non-biased aid to farmers who need it.
Experienced professionals committed to supporting South African agriculture and providing fair and non-biased aid to farmers who need it.
Currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Red Meat Producers' Organisation (RPO). Dr Maré also served as former Academic Head of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State, and as the editor of Veeplaas magazine for a period of three years.
Agricultural economist with 20+ years' experience. Former head of FNB agribusiness as well as Absa agribusiness and now a leading agricultural consultant and farmer specialising in South African agricultural trends.
Formerly associated with Santam Agriculture, he is an agricultural meteorologist with 36 years' experience specialising in long-term climate outlooks and climate risk management. He is a private consultant who focuses on climate-related decision-making in agriculture.
He has extensive experience with Shell Downstream South Africa, specialising in agricultural industry fuel and served as General Manager Lubricants at Shell. Niemann now works as a freelance consultant in agricultural and fuel industries.
When the fund was started, great care was taken to elect directors who will act autonomously when deciding on relief. We chose four men who have all had a constructive impact on the agricultural landscape of our country. Our directors serve as independent individuals with no bias or personal motivations.