Astral Foods appoints Henry Enslin as acting CFO

Narissa Delport 23 January 2026

Henry will lead the poultry producer’s finance division before CFO Johan Geel officially takes over.

Henry Enslin is stepping up to lead the finance division of Astral Foods as acting CFO during a transition month for the poultry producer. Johan Geel will take up the CFO role formally as of 1 March.

Current CFO Dries Ferreira will formally step down at the end of January to take up a new role in the industrial sector.

Henry, a qualified chartered accountant, is currently the financial manager at Astral Foods. He was previously the financial director of Albany Bakeries, a division of Tiger Brands.

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