Astral Foods welcomes Johan Geel as CFO

Narissa Delport 17 December 2025

Johan is an accomplished finance executive who most recently served as CFO at diversified agriculture group, Afgri.

Astral Foods has appointed Johan Geel as its chief financial officer. Johan will take over from Johan Andries Ignatius (Dries) Ferreira from 1 March 2026.

Johan is a qualified chartered accountant who most recently served as CFO and COO at Afgri.

His extensive knowledge and expertise across the agricultural value and processing chain includes fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), retail, manufacturing, agro-processing, grain management, trading, financing, logistics/distribution and agricultural production.

Prior to joining Afgri, Johan worked as the group financial director at GWK.

Johan was also an audit manager for Pricewaterhouse Meyernel. He holds a BCom honours in accounting and was nominated for the CFO Awards in 2016 for his work as group financial director of Afgri.

Narissa Delport

Narissa Delport is a seasoned journalist with experience across platforms. She cut her teeth in 24-hour newsrooms like eNCA and EWN, covering a wide range of stories, some of which included gritty investigative work. She's also worked as the deputy digital news editor at The Citizen Online. She is currently a second language English instructor, and is pursuing studies in cybersecurity.

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