Rivasha joined Afgri and the agriculture industry in 2017 after a number of years in the food industry.
Afgri Group CFO Rivasha Maharaj has been nominated for the 2020 CFO Awards, which will be taking place on 14 May.
At the annual ‘Oscars for South African finance professionals’, which is now entering its seventh year, CFOs of listed companies, large corporations, state-owned entities and government institutions are recognised and rewarded for their outstanding performance and leadership.
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After completing her articles of clerkship, Rivasha joined Meadow Feeds in June 2004 as a management accountant. Thereafter she fulfilled various senior finance positions at Nampak and Tega Industries. During 2016 she was appointed as financial director at DivFood, a Division of Nampak.
She joined Afgri in May 2017 as CFO looking after grain management, equipment, retail, unigro and harvest time. These companies operate in South Africa and African countries. In February 2018 she was appointed as group CFO at Afgri Group Holdings.
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