York Timber CFO Gerald Stoltz promoted to permanent CEO

CFO South Africa 04 July 2022

Gerald has been acting as both CFO and interim CEO of York Timber since July 2021.

York Timber has announced the appointment of its CFO Gerald Stoltz as the company’s permanent CEO.

Gerald has been acting as both CFO and interim CEO of York since July 2021, following the death of Pieter van Zyl. He will continue to serve as interim CFO until a replacement for the role has been appointed.

Gerald was appointed as the group’s CFO in June 2018 after serving as acting CFO since December 2017 when Pieter van Buuren resigned.

Prior to this, he served as the corporate financial manager of York Timber for four years. Before joining York Timber, he served as a senior audit manager at KPMG.

He is a qualified CA with a BCom degree in accounting from the University of Pretoria.

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