Staff Members

Dr. Vaughan Hattingh
Chief Executive Officer
Elaine Basson
Elaine Basson
Manager: Diagnostics Centre
Hannes Bester
Manager: Extension
Heinrich Botha
Budwood Cutting Assistant
Kobus Breytenbach
CIS Manager & GTD Technician
Dr. Elma Carstens
Phytosanitary and Biosecurity Specialist
Dr. Hannes Coetzee
CRI Associate
Glynnis Cook
Dr. Glynnis Cook
Programme Coordinator: Graft Transmissible Diseases
Dr. Paul Cronje
Dr. Paul Cronje
Portfolio Manager: Citriculture
John-Henry Daneel
Entomology Technician
Mizumzi de Bruin
General Worker
Thys du Toit
CIS Nursery Advisor
Lindelwa Dyasi
CFB Processing Team
Warren Everts
CFB General Worker Team (Scouting)
Monique Ferreira
CFB Admin Assistant
Maboetie Fortuin
CFB General Worker Team
Rayano Fortuin
CFB General Worker Team
Dr. Paul Fourie
Manager: CIS
Pethile Gama
Phethile Gama
Receptionist
Dr. Solomon Gebeyehu
Manager: Biosecurity
Linda Gelo
CFB Processing Team
Dr. Martin Gilbert
Research Entomologist
Dawid Groenewald
Postharvest Technical Forum
Dr. Tim Grout
Dr. Tim Grout
Manager: Research and Technical
Tersia Gudmanz
CIS Financial Administrator
Bulelwa Gwadela
CFB Processing Team
Adam Hess
Supervisor General Worker Team
Jacqui Hinie
CFB Processing Team
Monica Jonas
Budder
Jack Jonas
CFB Maintenance Assistant
Nico Joseph
CFB General Worker Team
Johan Joubert
Programme Coordinator: Cultivar & Rootstock Evaluation
Wayne Kirkman
Biosecurity Operations Coordinator & Researcher
Chris Klaas
Supervisor Budwood Processing Procedures
Michelle le Roux
CIS Administrator
Keith Lesar
Postharvest Extension Officer
Phillip Lewis
Maintenance Manager
Liezl van der Linde
Liezl van der Linde
Events & Operations Coordinator
Claire Love
Entomology Technician
Patricia Maloni
CFB Processing Team
Dr. Aruna Manrakhan
Dr. Aruna Manrakhan
Programme Coordinator: Fruit Fly
Blade Mbanga
Budwood Cutting Assistant
Jacolene Meyer
CFB Manager
Mpaballeng Mlangeni
CFB-M Technical assistant
Wayne Mommsen
Area Extension Manager Northern Region
Siya Mona
General Worker
Michael Mona
Supervisor Budwood Cutting
Dr. Sean Moore
Portfolio Manager: Integrated Pest Management
Theo Morris
CFB General Worker Team
Dr. Providence Moyo
Researcher: Preharvest Diseases
Sinethemba Ndzakayi
General Worker
Sivenathi Ndzakayi
Budwood Cutting Assistant
Karin Nel
Bookkeeper | Creditors
Michael Nelani
Orchard Irrigation
Priscilla Nicholas
Assistant Budder
Dr. Jan van Niekerk
Dr. Jan van Niekerk
Portfolio Manager: Disease Management
Jade North
Citriculture Research Technician
Akhona Nqondi
Processing Team
C. Olivier
Charmaine Olivier
Diagnostician
Jon Pinker
Jon Pinker
Process Manager
Dr. Wilma du Plooy
Postharvest Disease Research and Programme Coordinator
M.C. Pretorius
Area Extension Manager Central Region
Tshidi Ramabu
Tshidi Ramabu
Research Administrator
Jonna Robinson
CFB General Worker Team
Catherine Savage
Postharvest Extension Officer
Victoria Sonto
CFB Processing Team
Chanel Steyn
Chanel Steyn
Molecular Diagnostician
Kim Stoltz
Technician & Part-time Librarian
Christine Stoppel-Grove
Christine Stoppel-Grove
Finance Manager
Pamela Stuurman
CFB Processing Team
Werner Swiegers
Cultivar Evaluator South
Bella Thulare
Bella Thulare
Bookkeeper | Debtors
Michael Zamxaka
Supervisor Maintenance
Beauty Zamxaka
CFB Processing Team
Zongezile Zondi
Cultivar Evaluator Assistant