Job Title: CFO
Company: Astral Food
Daan Ferreira graduated from the University of Pretoria with a B.Com in 1982. Since then he has held various positions in operational financial management, tax management and project management before joining Astral Foods as Group Financial Manager in 2001. In 2009 his hard work and excellence were recognised when he was promoted to CFO for Astral Foods. He is a Chartered Accountant and he is a board member of Meadow Feeds Eastern Cape and Nutec Southern Africa.
Work
2009 – Present CFO, Astral Foods
2001 – 2009 Financial Manager, Astral Foods
Education
1977 B.Com at University of Pta
1982 B.Compt(Hons) at UNISA
1983 Qualified as CA(SA)
About Astral Foods: Astral is a leading South African integrated poultry producer. Key activities consist of animal feed pre-mixes, manufacturing of animal feeds, broiler genetics, production and sale of day-old chicks. There is a feed division, poultry division and ‘other Africa’ division. The company has been negatively affected by the brine regulations.