Louis van Zyl

Louis started his career in 1980 as a cost accountant. In 1998 he joined the Deciduous Fruit Producers Trust (DFPT) as Financial Manager. Since then he has been an important role-player and forms part of the senior management to help ensure the continuous transformation of the industry structures to adapt to an ever-changing environment. He was the first CFO of the DFPT and is currently the General Manager of HORTGRO (which evolved out of the DFPT in 2008) and a Director/Trustee/Company Secretary of a number of industry and private entities, guiding and directing their affairs. He continues to play a leading role in facilitating industry functions via a range of industry sub-structures and service entities.