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Executive Team

Drikus Lubbe

Chief Executive Officer

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Drikus Lubbe

Chief Executive Officer

Drikus was the first logistics bursary student at National Cooperative Dairies, which later became Clover S.A. He served on Clover’s Board of Directors and was Head of Supply Chain and IT with around 4000 people reporting into this structure. He became DFSA’s CEO in 2018, serving at the same time on the MILK SA and SAMPRO boards. He holds an MCom in Transport Economics, together with an MBA.

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Dr Amber Anderson

Human Resources Executive

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Dr Amber Anderson

Human Resources Executive

Amber has held executive leadership roles in Kellogg’s, Coca-Cola Sabco, Fortune, and transformational leadership in Aspen Pharmacare. She has held various academic and non-academic roles at Nelson Mandela University and is the worthy recipient of local and international awards for her contributions to business and society. Amber holds a Doctorate in Human Resource Development, MA (Sociology), BA Hons (Group Dynamics) and an HDE IV (Secondary).

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Jonathan Swatts

Finance Executive

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Jonathan Swatts

Finance Executive

Jonathan is a qualified Chartered Accountant with experience in the agriculture and mining sectors. He has a passion for operational financial analysis, having started off at Dairy Group as the management accountant in 2015. Jonathan also has experience in supply chain and producer services having served as the Supply Chain Executive at Dairy Group before being appointed as head of the finance department.

Ryno Bosch

Sales and Distribution Executive

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Ryno Bosch

Sales and Distribution Executive

Ryno brings 13 years of valuable FMCG experience to his role as Commercial Executive. Having previously worked at one of the leading dairy companies in South Africa, and managed various portfolios within the Commercial structures ranging from National Sales Management, National Key Accounting, Business and Sales Development as well as Field Sales and Category Management, Ryno is highly skilled and a professional Sales Individual with a strong understanding of the P&L. Ryno holds a Bcom degree.

Non-executive Directors

Llewellyn Collett

Chairman

Jeffrey Every

Non-Executive

Frederick van Zyl

Non-Executive

Nigel Smith

Non-Executive

Dr Victor Korsten

Independent Non-Executive

Jacques Botha

Independent Non-Executive

Sullivan O’Carrol

Non-Executive

Vision

To be a dairy farmer-centric organisation to the benefit of our members and nutritional dairy products provider to consumers.

Mission

To be a leading milk buyer by creating profitable dairy categories in South Africa and Africa. To build new dairy capabilities by leveraging existing UHT platforms, as well as through mergers and acquisitions, to the long-term benefit of shareholders.

Values

Consumer health is top-of-mind when we develop our products. We care deeply for the livelihoods of our communities; health of our animals and a sustainable environment. Support of emerging black-owned farmers is central to our future growth plans.

Who we are

Dairy Group is one of the leading
raw milk buyers in South Africa,
passionately committed to
creating optimum growth and value
for our dairy producer members.

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Become a Homegrown farmer

We purchase raw milk based on
volume, locality, milk composition
and quality.

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Our community

Our stakeholders include
milk producers, dairy
consumers, retailers,
service providers and
industry bodies.

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