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Derrick Planting, Partner

30 years in the corporate management disciplines of production, sales/ marketing locally & internationally.

He has worked at ICI, the Reed Group and then Chemical Services where he served as Managing Director of a number of group companies, a main Board Member & Chairman of various subsidiaries. This allowed him to appreciate all the processes and disciplines needed to make a success of both large multi-dimensional and small enterprises.

He understands Southern African Industry and more particularly the issues facing management.

He has spent the last 20 + years working in people and strategy integrations, which has covered Executive Search, Business Consulting & Broking plus numerous merger and acquisition deals.

Sectors:

    • Automotive
    • Banking / Financial
    • Consumer / Retail
    • Energy
    • Industrial

Functions:

    • Non-Executive
    • Board
    • Consulting
    • Finance
    • Human Resources
    • Manufacturing
    • Marketing
    • Operations
    • Projects
    • Sales
    • Supply Chain
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