Our executive committee facilitates the effective control and monitoring of the business activities in terms of the delegation of authority framework approved by the board.
It is responsible for implementing policies and executing strategies in line with the board's mandate and ensuring that appropriate internal controls are in place to maintain compliance with relevant laws and best practice.
Appointed November 2023
Qualifications
CA(SA), PMD
Tjaart is a CA(SA) with a PMD from Harvard Business School and has more than 30 years of leadership experience garnered from multiple leading South African companies including strong fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) know-how. He sharpened his career through previous experience as divisional managing director at ICS Foods Limited (today Astral Foods), CEO of Country Bird Proprietary Limited, and at Tiger Brands as the managing executive for the Pharmaceuticals and Grains divisions over the period 2001 to 2007. In 2007, Tjaart was appointed as CEO of Afrox Limited where he gained experience in managing a global company with responsibility for operations in six countries. Prior to re-joining Tiger Brands in 2023, Tjaart served as CEO of Premier Foods over the period 2011 to 2021.
Appointed January 2024
Qualifications
CA(SA), MBA
Thushen re-joined Tiger Brands from Aspen Pharmacare, where he was group commercial officer responsible for markets including China, Russia, Ukraine, USA and Israel. Prior to this, he played a pivotal role in developing the international strategy of the Pioneer Foods Group with direct-line responsibility for the global exports business into markets such as North America, Asia, Africa and Europe, with Pioneer's subsidiaries based in West and East Africa and the UK also reporting to him. During his previous tenure at Tiger Brands, he played a pivotal role in the execution and development of Tiger Brands' growth strategy, having held the position of group strategy, investor relations and business development executive.
Appointed February 2024
Qualifications
BCom (Hons) (Statistics)
Quinton joined Tiger Brands from Nampak in November 2023 as managing director: Culinary. Following the implementation of Tiger Brands' federated operating model in 2024, Quinton was then appointed managing director: Bakeries, where he is responsible for leading its turnaround and execution of the Super Bakery investment. At Nampak, he was the group executive for the Paper and Plastic division with oversight of 10 business units across seven countries. Prior to joining Nampak, Quinton held several key roles at Sasol, including business intelligence and strategy, as well as commercial marketing and sales.
Appointed February 2024
Qualifications
CA(SA), Post-graduate Diploma in Accounting, BAcc
Dumo joined Tiger Brands in 2016 from PepsiCo, and has held numerous senior positions within the company. As finance director: Enterprise Food, Dumo played a pivotal role in re-establishing the business unit after the Listeria outbreak and preparing it for sale, as well as leading negotiations for its eventual disposal. As finance director: Culinary division, he laid the foundation for the Culinary turnaround he now leads as managing director: Culinary. Most recently, Dumo was the managing director: Cereals, where he drove innovation speed-to-market, and re-established key brands as market leaders.
Appointed February 2024
Qualifications
BCom (Marketing)
Liezel was appointed managing director: Baby in April 2023 and started her journey at Tiger Brands 20 years ago as a graduate in marketing. She has expanded her skills and knowledge across various leadership roles within Tiger Brands including marketing, customer marketing and customer. Liezel was pivotal in step-changing the business trajectory in both Home, Personal Care & Baby (HPCB) and Total Tiger.
Appointed July 2024
Qualifications
BCom Economics and Taxation
Thabani joined Tiger Brands in 2022 as the customer strategy and capability director and was appointed customer director: Snacks, Treats and Beverages in June 2023. He brings well-rounded experience and a proven track record in various roles (customer director, customer marketing, strategy and managing director) at multinationals. At Tiger, Thabani also played a vital role in delivering key projects to drive route-to-market growth and e-commerce acceleration. He is a passionate people leader and also engages in coaching and career mentoring initiatives in his personal capacity.
Appointed May 2024
Qualifications
Bachelor of Business Science (Finance), Post-graduate
Diploma in Accounting and Auditing, CA(SA)
Grant joined Tiger Brands in January 2022 as managing director: Snacks and Treats. He is a commercial executive with experience in a combination of marketing and finance leadership roles. Before joining the company, Grant was the director for Adjacencies at AB InBev where he was tasked with growing the "Beyond Beer" division in South Africa and nine other markets across the continent.
Grant resigned effective 31 October 2025.
Appointed May 2018
Qualifications
Bachelor of Social Science, MBA
S'ne is a seasoned and innovative business leader with a passion and track record for growing high impact teams that deliver results and create sustainable value. Before joining Tiger Brands, she was group senior vice president, human capital for the Sasol Group and has held various human resources leadership positions within Sasol since 2008, both locally and globally. Prior to joining Sasol, she spent 10 years at Shell in various roles in South Africa and the Netherlands. She is a well-rounded and highly experienced human resources executive having a proven track record in business strategy development and execution, global human resources leadership and organisational design.
Appointed January 2020
Qualifications
BA, LLB, Post-graduate Diploma Commercial Intellectual
Property, (Admitted Attorney) (EDP Wharton School)
Joe joined Tiger Brands from the Massmart Group where he served as group legal executive, general counsel and company secretary until December 2019. Prior to Massmart, Joe held various senior corporate legal roles at British American Tobacco Southern Africa Region and The Coca-Cola Company in South Africa and the UK. He is an admitted attorney and an accomplished legal and corporate executive with extensive corporate and commercial law expertise and multi-national FMCG experience as well as retail knowledge.
Re-joined the group in October 2009 Exco member since May 2019
Qualifications
MBA, Higher diploma in Education
Luigi has more than 15 years with Tiger Brands, after re-joining the group in 2009 as customer executive: Grains. He was previously with AVI: National Brands where he held the position of sales director of their Snackworks business. Luigi has more than 28 years' experience in FMCG in both South Africa and international markets with particular emphasis on sales strategy and execution, customer management and customer relations.
Appointed May 2024
Qualifications
MBA, MSc in Packaging Technology, a Bachelor
of Technology and a bachelor's degree in chemical
engineering
Praveen joined Tiger Brands in August 2022 as operations support director. He has more than 20 years of general management experience in supply chain and has worked in over 14 countries on the African continent. In his various career roles, Praveen has focused on driving performance improvement and implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM) standards. He also has deep experience in process development and optimisation, new installation projects, people development and quality control.
There is a vacancy for the role of chief marketing and strategy officer.
