Meatco appoints new CEO

KOBUS du Plessis has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer for Meatco, effective May 1 2006.

Du Plessis replaces Philip Stoffberg who led Meatco during the last 11 years as Managing Director and CEO, whose contract expired at the end of April. Du Plessis was selected after an extensive recruitment process that sought to choose a new CEO for the country’s leading beef exporting company.According to a press release from Meatco, Du Plessis, who currently lives in Walvis Bay, has extensive experience in value added food processing and of the international food industry, and has been involved in and led numerous change and turnaround processes for different organisations during his career.During his tenure as the Managing Director at Hangana Seafood in 2003 and 2004, he was responsible for the turnaround process that saw improved asset utilisation, improved efficiencies, the recovery of lost clients and the development of high-value export products and markets.For the course of last year, Du Plessis served as Project Manager and Consultant at another local fishing company.Previous positions held include various directorships and management positions from 1997 to 2002.He also held the position of Group Operations Director at Rainbow Farms Ltd and was the Managing Director of the Oceana Group Southern and Central Region companies as well as the Fishing Division Operations Director at the Oceana Fishing Group Ltd.Meatco reached a turnover of close to N$1 billion during the last financial year.Du Plessis was selected after an extensive recruitment process that sought to choose a new CEO for the country’s leading beef exporting company.According to a press release from Meatco, Du Plessis, who currently lives in Walvis Bay, has extensive experience in value added food processing and of the international food industry, and has been involved in and led numerous change and turnaround processes for different organisations during his career.During his tenure as the Managing Director at Hangana Seafood in 2003 and 2004, he was responsible for the turnaround process that saw improved asset utilisation, improved efficiencies, the recovery of lost clients and the development of high-value export products and markets.For the course of last year, Du Plessis served as Project Manager and Consultant at another local fishing company.Previous positions held include various directorships and management positions from 1997 to 2002.He also held the position of Group Operations Director at Rainbow Farms Ltd and was the Managing Director of the Oceana Group Southern and Central Region companies as well as the Fishing Division Operations Director at the Oceana Fishing Group Ltd. Meatco reached a turnover of close to N$1 billion during the last financial year.