Christine Stoppel-Grove

Financial Manager 18 years knowledge and experience in Accounting – 16 years as Financial Manager with additional management of HR and payroll. CIMA qualification in progress.   QUALIFICATIONS BCom  ...

Michael Nell

    Nursery Advisor Technically assists the CIS in supply and certification of pathogen-free and horticulturally true-to-type citrus propagation material to the Southern African citrus industry, specifically through CIS facility management support, extension, auditing...

Jacolene Meyer

  Manager : CFB  Jacolene’s started her career in 1995 at the ARC-Institute for Tropical and Subtropical crops in Nelspruit as a research technician and promoted to a Junior researcher in 2001. She was involved in field as well as well as glasshouse research trails...

Dr. Paul Fourie

Manager : CIS  22 years of plant pathology experience; 14 years specialising in citrus pathology. 9 years’ experience as manager of the CIS. QUALIFICATIONS PhD...

Wayne Kirkman

Biosecurity Operations Coordinator 17 years citrus entomology research experience, focussing mostly on phytosanitary pests. 3 years Biosecurity experience. QUALIFICATIONS MSc...

Dawid Groenewald

Postharvest Technical Forum  46 years in packaging research and development.S.A. Co-operative Citrus Exchange, Outspan, Capespan, Sappi and CRI. Over the 46 years attended many courses/seminars on packaging designs, other packaging related issues and physical...

Dr. MC Pretorius

 Area Extension Manager : Central Region  35 Years of citrus research and technical experience in the Southern African citrus industry within CRI. Research experience include Soilborne diseases; Nematology – citrus nematode management; Phytophthora management...

Natasha Jackson

Postharvest Extension Officer In the year 2004, Natasha studied agriculture in the Western Cape. During the July holidays, she worked in a citrus packhouse in Letsitele. In the December holidays, she worked for that same producer, but in the orchards. After her...

Wayne Mommsen

Area Extension Manager Northern Region  4 years Citrus Extension Management. 2 years Technical Laboratory experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. 14 years Integrated pest management experience in Subtropical fruit production. 4 Years Agricultural Business...

Liezl van der Linde

Event & Operations Coordinator  Appointed in 2016 as CRI’s event coordinator, 20 years experience in event management and public relations. QUALIFICATIONS Diploma in Marketing Management (IMM) Public Relations & Event...