Astral Foods Limited (ARL.JO)

14,620.00 +20.00 (+0.14%) As of 10:29AM SAST. Market open.

Astral Foods Limited

Lanseria Corporate Estate
13 Thunderbolt Lane Lanseria Ext. 26
Gauteng 1748
South Africa
27 12 667 5468
https://www.astralfoods.com

Sector(s): Consumer Defensive
Industry: Farm Products
Full-time employees: 9,226

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Christiaan Ernst Schutte F.D.P, MBA	CEO & Executive Director	9.68M	N/A	1960
Mr. Johan Andries Ignatiu Ferreira B.Com., C.A.	CFO & Executive Director	4.83M	N/A	1978
Mr. Gary Desmond Arnold BS Agric(Hon), MBA, MSc Agric, PrSciNat	Group COO & Executive Director	5.12M	N/A	1972
Mr. Gideon Jordaan	Human Resources Executive	3.37M	N/A	1974
Mr. Michael J. Schmitz	Managing Director of Feed	4.29M	N/A	1961
Mr. Frans Gerryts van Heerden	Managing Director of Poultry Commercial Division & Executive Director	4.36M	N/A	1980
Ms. Leonie Marupen	Group Company Secretary	1.13M	N/A	1972
Mr. Colin Smith	Marketing Executive & Head of Marketing Division	N/A	N/A	1961
Mr. Louis Vermaas	Sales Executive	N/A	N/A	1972
Mr. Anil Rambally	Purchasing & Sustainability Executive	N/A	N/A	1972

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in ZAc.

Description

Astral Foods Limited operates as an integrated poultry producer, engages in processing and production of broilers through its abattoirs in South Africa and internationally. The company operates through Poultry, Feed, and Other Africa segments. It also engages in the marketing, sale, and distribution of fresh and frozen poultry products; and breeding and sale of day-old chicks and hatching eggs. The company also produces and sells feed products for farmed animal species; provides laboratory analytical services to the animal feed industry; and a range of value-added products comprising frozen reformed crumbed and ready-to-eat poultry products. It offers its products under the Goldi, County Fair, Festive, Mountain Valley, Earlybird, and SupaStar brands. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Gauteng, South Africa.

Corporate governance

Astral Foods Limited’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 May 2024 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 9; Board: 8; Shareholder rights: 2; Compensation: 4.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.