Pieter Engelbrecht

Chief Executive Officer, Shoprite Holdings

Pieter Engelbrecht is Chief Executive Officer of Shoprite Holdings, in the role since January 2017.

Succeeded founder-era chief executive Whitey Basson in 2017 and has since narrowed the group's footprint outside South Africa from 15 countries to 7.

In the job

  1. Completed sale of Nigerian unit, exiting Nigeria after 15 years. Source

  2. Continued shrinking non-SA footprint (15 countries in 2017 to 7), including sale of Malawi operation. Source

  3. Agreed to acquire coffee chain Vida e Caffe alongside FY2026 results; Sixty60 sales up 34.5% to R25.5bn. Source

Career before

  1. 1997Joined Shoprite
  2. 2003Alternate director, Shoprite Checkers
  3. 2005-2016Chief Operating Officer, Shoprite

Education

Chartered accountant; BCom (Accounting), Stellenbosch University; Honours in Accounting Science, UNISA

Sources

  1. cfo.co.za
  2. businessday.co.za
  3. sharedata.co.za
  4. sundayworld.co.za
  5. ewn.co.za
  6. businesstech.co.za
  7. businessday.co.za
  8. businessday.co.za
  9. en.wikipedia.org

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