Making Waves
Get to know the super lifters and beneficiaries
behind South Africa’s fishing industry
From boat to plate, it takes more than fish in the sea to drive South Africa’s commercial fishing sector.
Get to know the people who are Making Waves in their own lives and of others, either as a super lifter or beneficiary, thanks to South Africa’s fishing sector.
Pavitray (Pavs) Pillay
WWF-SASSI Manager
The call of the ocean lured WWF-SASSI Manager Pavitray Pillay at an early age, but the prospect of a career that had anything to
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Luis Figueiredo
CEO, Atlantis Foods Group
Not even Gaudí labouring over his la Sagrada Familia could claim to be as devoted an architect of empowering others as Luis Figueiredo, CEO
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Shakira Naidoo
Junior Buyer Atlantis Foods
An up-and-coming female powerhouse within the fisheries industry, Shakira Naidoo laughs as she tells the story of how, despite her best efforts to explain
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Michael Marriott
Programme Manager, MSC Fisheries
It takes real wanderlust to hop in your car and drive across the African continent to get home, and that’s just what Michael Marriott,
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Sagree Chetty Gerdharee
CEO Mayibuye Fishing
Fishing beat out fashion to shape a successful career for Port Elizabeth local Sagree Gerdharee, CEO of Mayibuye Fishing and Vice Chair of SECIFA (South East
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Andrea Newman
Production Factory Supervisor, Atlantis Seafood Products
An ambitious young woman well-known amongst her colleagues for grabbing every opportunity that comes her way, Andrea Newman has grown in leaps and bounds
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Kubie Pieterse
National Sales Manager - Food services & Wholesale Division at Atlantis Seafood Distributors
Step aside world. Kubie Pieterse, Atlantis Seafood Distributors’ national sales manager in the food services and wholesale division, may be a softie at heart,
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Loyiso Phantshwa
Exec Chair FishSA
Attorney by day, solution-driven executive chair of FishSA by night, powerhouse Loyiso Phantshwa has strong and exciting views on the economic opportunities that exist
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Bill Davies
Procurement Executive - Leading Brands at Famous Brands
A real people person and self-confessed gourmand, Bill Davies has spent his career learning the ropes of retail and food services businesses from factory
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