Dries graduated from the University of Port Elizabeth (now NMU) and later qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2004 after completing his articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer and executive director of Dawn Limited in 2007. Dries has extensive experience serving as Executive Director. He was the CEO of WellCapital (Pty) Ltd, providing C-suite solutions to African and European clients and also the CFO and Executive Director of Newpark Real Estate Investment Trust Limited, a listed South African-based REIT focused on investing in A-Grade properties in prime locations. He was appointed as CFO Designate from 10 January 2022 and on the retirement of Daan Ferreira, appointed to CFO effective 2023.
Personal Details
Title: Mr
Surname: Ferreira
Known as: Dries
M/F: Male
Nationality: South Africa
Country of Birth: South Africa
Language: English
Qualification: BCom, BCom (Hons), CA(SA)
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Working history
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Company
Committee
Role
Appointment Date
Resignation Date
Astral Foods Limited
Board
Member
02/01/2023
Astral Foods Limited
Executive
Member
02/01/2023
Independence Questions
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Do you hold shares in the company for more than 0.10%? (directly or by representation):
Is your Director annual fee more than 5% of your total income from all sources?:
Are you more than 10 years as a director?:
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InsidEntity has assumed that responses to the Independent Questions are NO as the company has not populated the information. The result will present the Director as Independent.