JONATHAN KIRBY

Independent Chairman

Jon served as the CFO of SABMiller and ABInbev Africa and South Africa for 20 years. Jon, a qualified Chartered Accountant, has worked across multiple African countries and is an experienced leader, having managed a large team across the continent. Jon’s expertise is consumer goods, finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategy development and managing people. Jon is currently a non-executive director on 7 boards across Africa, including AOS.

Jon serves on boards, ranging from Financial Services (Prime, AOS) to meat and agri businesses in Zambia (Zambeef) and Cavalier in South Africa. Jon is chairman of Greenway Farms (Pty) Ltd, a large carrot producer here in South Africa. In addition, Jon sits on the board of Miro Forestry PLC, a UK domiciled business with forestry assets in West Africa.  Finally Jon sits on the board of McWade Productions (Pty) Ltd, an electrical engineering manufacturer servicing the electrical supply infrastructure in South Africa.