1 Director – Chief Executive Officer.

BEE Level 1 Private company.

Network of Partners – part of professional networks.

Access to Specialized Skills and Expertise – in-contracting where required.

29 years Experience in the FMCG/ Agriculture industry (Perishable Produce).

Vastly Experienced in All levels of Management – Junior-, Middle-, Senior-, Executive Management levels.

23 years Corporate Management Experience, 14 years Senior Management, 5 years Executive Management.

Vastly experienced in Strategy Development – Corporate (Strategic), Departmental (Strategic/ Tactical), Functional (Operational).

Experienced in Strategy Facilitation processes, strategy write-ups and implementation to fully functional level.

20 years’ Experience in Stakeholder Management, Client Service, Customer Solutions, Service Level Agreements.

Former Chairperson: Organizational Performance Management Review Committee (550+ employees).

Former Company Representative at Government Performance Management Evaluation Forum.

Risk Committee Member – King IV based – 13 years.

Employment Equity Committee Member since inception of the Act in 1998.

Undergraduate: Food Science and Technology (Cum Laude)

Postgraduate: Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA)

Academic recognition for studies in leadership development – Directors Award: Executive Leadership Development.

Former International Chairperson of multi-cultural meeting platforms (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), International Speaker and Leader of International Peer Review Team.

Former South African Representative at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Previous Chief Executive Officer/Accounting officer reporting to Board – 5 years.

Highly Experienced in Facilitation Meetings on various levels including international collaborative platforms.

Passionate about People Development, Critical Thinking and Strategic Positioning.

Shawn Coetzee is the Managing Director and founder of the management consultancy company, SC Management and Advisory Solutions (Pty) Ltd. He is currently serving as Chairperson of the Stellenbosch University Business School (SBS) Alumni Association Western Cape Chapter following his involvement with SBS since the year 2006. He has a passion for developing authentic leaders on a personal-, organizational- and societal level and is an active proponent of values-based leadership alongside the principles of servant leadership. Subsequently, he has excelled in all leadership development programmes completed to date and received the Directors Award for Academic Excellence on SBS-ED’s flagship Executive Development programme in the year 2007, complimented by his MBA research thesis on the successful transition of senior- and executive leaders through the construct of leadership coaching within a culturally diverse context.

Shawn is a highly experienced Turnaround Specialist, a Strategic Thinker and a former Chief Executive Officer with his senior management- and executive management experience extending over a period of 20 years. He is the former Chairperson of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Section and has chaired meetings at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). He is an experienced international speaker and has led international peer reviews, benchmarking projects and exchange programmes with other countries. He has been the driver and initiator of a range of groundbreaking projects within the South African agriculture sector.

Shawn is a Member of the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IoDSA) and he has recently been appointed by the Minister of Justice as a Non-Executive Board Member of Legal Aid South Africa. He has an undergraduate qualification in Food Science and Technology and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Management and Administration (MBA) graduating from Stellenbosch University during the year 2016.

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