Gary Desmond Arnold - InsidEntity

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Gary Desmond Arnold

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About

Gary started his career in 1997 as Animal Nutritionist for Meadow Feeds Delmas and Meadow Feeds Welkom. In 1998 he was appointed as the Technical Manager for Meadow Feeds Delmas and in 2001 he was appointed as the Technical Manager for Meadow Feeds northern region.

In 2004 he was appointed as the Managing Director of Provimi SSA (previously Nutec Southern Africa) and in 2006 he was appointed to the position of COO for Meadow Feeds in the Western Cape. Gary was appointed as Director: Business Development of Astral Operations Ltd on 1 November 2010 and in October 2016 he was appointed to the position of Managing Director of Astral’s Agriculture Division. Effective 1 October 2021, Gary was appointed as Group COO of Astral.

Personal Details

Title: Mr

Surname: Arnold

M/F: Male

Nationality: South Africa

Country of Birth: South Africa

Language: English

Qualification: BSc Agric (Hons), MSc Agric, MBA, Pr.Sci.Nat

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Company	Committee	Role	Appointment Date	Resignation Date
Astral Foods Limited	Board	Member	01/05/2012
Astral Foods Limited	Social & Ethics	Member	01/05/2012
Astral Foods Limited	Health, Safety & Environment	Member	01/05/2012
Astral Foods Limited	Executive	Member	01/02/2025

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