Ricky Govender

Managing Director, Illovo Sugar South Africa

Ricky Govender is Managing Director of Illovo Sugar South Africa, in the role since 2021.

Illovo Sugar South Africa is a sugar producer headquartered in Umhlanga and a subsidiary of Associated British Foods. Govender has argued publicly for faster action on import protection and for sugar to feed a local bioethanol industry.

In the job

  1. Illovo said it was increasingly concerned by the delay in gazetting the revised Dollar-Based Reference Price for imported sugar after Itac had concluded its review. Source

  2. Govender argued in a Business Day opinion piece that surplus sugar cane could support a rural bioethanol industry. Source

Career before

  1. 2021Manufacturing Director, Illovo Sugar South Africa

Sources

  1. illovosugarsa.co.za
  2. illovosugarsa.co.za
  3. witness.co.za
  4. engineeringnews.co.za
  5. businessday.co.za
  6. en.wikipedia.org

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