NEWS 9
NEWS 9
New CFO for DAWN
Chris Booyens( 60) has been appointed the DAWN Group’ s chief financial officer( CFO) and financial director, effective 1 May 2017.
This follows the recent appointment of Edwin Hewitt to the position of chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2017.
Booyens is the former group financial director of Iliad Africa and Harmony Gold Mining. He held various financial executive roles in Tiger Brands subsidiaries and was a director at The Cold Chain, Enterprise Foods, and Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Hewitt has highlighted short-term, continued stabilisation and a longer-term rebuilding plan as his priorities for the company. board, we can confidently continue to build on the restructuring progress,” says Hewitt.
Despite the global and South African economic climate, Hewitt believes the DAWN Group’ s sound business model, leading master distributor status, skills base, and expertise will enable the company to tap into opportunities and rebuild the business. PA
Chris Booyens, DAWN’ s new CFO and financial director.
He says the DAWN Group’ s board of directors foresees Booyens’ s contribution to these objectives as significant, especially in light of his experience in the building materials sector, listed environments, and in turnaround strategies.
“ We welcome Chris Booyens onto the Board and look forward to harnessing his experience and expertise to further the exciting goals and objectives we have for the company. With strong leadership and with the calibre of an individual such as Chris on
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“ We welcome Chris Booyens onto the Board and look forward to harnessing his experience and expertise to further the exciting goals and objectives we have for the company. "
www. plumbingafrica. co. za June 2017 Volume 23 I Number 4