Jaco Grobbelaar

Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Division, John Thompson

Jaco Grobbelaar is Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Division of John Thompson.

John Thompson is a boiler maker and part of the ACTOM group, the only original equipment manufacturer of its kind in Africa, with more than 5 000 boilers built since its Bellville factory opened in 1954. Grobbelaar heads its Industrial Division.

In the job

  1. Grobbelaar was appointed Chief Operating Officer of John Thompson's Industrial Sector. Source

  2. John Thompson partnered with Berkeley Energy Corporate Solutions to offer biomass-fuelled boiler solutions on an end-to-end basis. Source

  3. John Thompson returned to the Australian market through a partnership with EDMS, after exiting it in the early 2000s. Source

Career before

  1. 2023Chief Operating Officer, Industrial Sector, John Thompson

Sources

  1. cbn.co.za
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. whatswatt.actom.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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