Tjaart Kruger

Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Brands

Tjaart Kruger is Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Brands, in the role since November 2023.

His contract runs to the end of 2028. He has sold non-core brands and returned R9.2 billion of excess capital to shareholders since 2024.

In the job

  1. FY2025 results: earnings up 31%; large special dividend declared. Source

  2. Agreed sale of Beacon chocolate slab and Easter egg business (keeping TV Bar, Nosh); Randfontein milling sale completed. Source

  3. R9.2bn excess capital returned to shareholders since FY24 via special dividends and buybacks. Source

Career before

  1. 2001-2007MD, pharmaceuticals and grains divisions, Tiger Brands
  2. 2011-2021CEO, Premier Group (Premier FMCG)

Sources

  1. just-food.com
  2. businessday.co.za
  3. ewn.co.za
  4. engineeringnews.co.za
  5. tigerbrands.com
  6. businessday.co.za
  7. businessreport.co.za
  8. en.wikipedia.org

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