About the Founder
Irving has spent his professional and entrepreneurial career in the Agribusiness and FMCG space working across multiple categories and geographies in executive general management, IT product development and investment roles – across the Caribbean, SADC and the EU with the likes of the Lona Group, Heineken, FPEF and GoGlobal group. He is passionate about finding ways to unlock growth opportunities through better understanding the inner workings of companies, products & platforms and developing (investment) strategies to match
Track Record
Founder
Investor in companies at the crossroads of Agriculture, International trade and Technology
Director across numerous boards of Agricultural & Technology companies
Successfully managed a 40+ entity portfolio of Public/Private relationships between numerous development & financial institutions, government and private Agri-players
Advising on Credit & Investment policy, Agricultural Policy, Corporate Governance & SOPs
Managing complex Enterprise Architecture and systems integration initiatives within the full FMCG/ Perishables trade value chain
Including but not limited to the Electronic Certification project of perishable products exports for South Africa as a founding member of the Strategic Technical Task Team
Upbringing
Aruba
South Africa
Netherlands
Education
Business Interest – Geographies
Caricom
Europe
South Africa
Skills
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Budget managed
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Credit facilities secured & managed