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In conversation with:

Lucien Jansen, PPECB CEO
Lucien Jansen, the new PPECB
CEO as of 1 July.

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outh Africa's official export
certification agency, the Perishable
Products Export Control Board
(PPECB) appointed Lucien Jansen as its
new chief executive officer (CEO) on 1
July. We ask Jansen a couple of questions
on the role of the board within the industry
and how he sees the future…

1. Why are you the right man for the job?
Lucien Jansen (LJ): I have been working
in the perishable produce industry for
the past 10 years and gained valuable

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knowledge on the dynamics within the
perishable produce exports industry. The
industry is ever-changing and requires a
great degree of flexibility. I am responsive
of nature and generally possess good
stakeholder management skills. I believe my
conceptual thinking and action-orientated
nature will be of great value in building on
the past performances of the PPECB.

organisational culture that can support the
organisation’s objectives. I will dedicate my
tenure to ensure that we capitalise on this
and become even more service-orientated
and customer-focussed. Although the
PPECB is relatively well-known in the industry,
I believe there is still some confusion in terms
of the value that the PPECB adds – this
certainly something we want to change.

2. How do you see the role of the PPECB
within industry?
LJ: The PPECB is an independent assurer
of quality for the perishable products
destined for export. In partnership with
industry and government, the PPECB
provides world-wide confidence in South
African perishable produce. 

4. How do you see the future of the PPECB?
I believe that the PPECB will continue playing
a pivotal role in ensuring product quality; it
might however be done differently. I further
believe that the PPECB is ideally positioned
to play an even greater role in providing
relevant statistical information to the export
industry and further expanding on its food
safety mandate.

3. What issues will you be addressing within
the organisation, and the industry, in your
new capacity as CEO?
LJ: Over the past few years, the PPECB
made great progress on creating an

About Lucien Jansen
Jansen was appointed as CEO on a
five-year fixed-term contract. He holds a
Master’s degree in Public Administration

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from the University of Stellenbosch and
his career at the PPECB began 10 years
ago when he was appointed as regional
service manager for the Western Cape.
In 2010, he was appointed as manager
to the PPECB’s Project Management
office, focusing on introducing a project
management framework to manage
strategic projects for the PPECB as well as
coordinating organisational performance.
Since 2013 he held the position of general
manager: Corporate affairs division,
responsible for managing the legal and
governance function; marketing and
communications; occupational health and
safety, business process auditing; research
and innovation; harmonisation; business
certification; food safety and development
and championing high-level stakeholder
engagement. CLA

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COLD LINK AFRICA • September | October 2015