Premier Group Limited announced that Mr. Daniël Dirk Ferreira has been appointed as an independent, non-executive director of the company, effective 12 December 2023. Daan is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and a registered member of SAICA and holds BCom and BCompt (Hons) degrees. Daan held numerous financial and executive roles, where he gained extensive experience in operational, financial management and group accounting and tax matters.

He joined Astral Foods Limited in 2001 as group financial manager and has been instrumental, amongst others, in setting up group reporting structures for financial management and statutory reporting, group tax matters and establishing internal financial policies. In May 2009, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Astral, a position he occupied until his retirement in February 2023.