Meet the Team
farmSPEC Team Leaders
DAVID SMILLIE
Chairman
Tel: +27 031 564 9948
Email: davids@farmspec.co.za
David is responsible for the coordination of all sales and marketing worldwide, with extensive experience in strategy development and facilitation. With a strong team behind him, David manages the company’s export procedures; strategic planning, conceptualisation and customer relations, as well as branding, marketing differentiation and team building. His years of experience in facilitating trade through Africa, bringing a depth of knowledge to the company that will see greater expansion into agricultural markets globally.
HOWARD PHIPSON
Chief Operating Officer
Tel: +27 031 564 9948
Email: howardp@farmspec.co.za
Howard joins Farmspec with a good understanding of the farming and the agri-business. Having been a farmer as well as running his own management consulting business, he brings well rounded value to the industry of plant and animal nutrition and the value chain. Value that ultimately translates to the farmer as sustainable farming and onto feeding the country as well as the global consumer.
EDDIE VILJOEN
Non-Executive Director
Tel: +27 031 564 9948
Email: eddie.viljoen@tiscali.co.za
1986-2004 FirstRand
– RMB/ FNB. Regional Director
– Firstlink (FNB Insurance ). Director
– Marsh Insurance S.A. Director
2005-2016. Financial and Property Consultant
2016-2018. CEO Educor Property Holdings.
2018-2019. Financial and Property Consultant
NAD GOVENDER
Financial Administration
Tel: +27 031 564 9948
Email: nadg@farmspec.co.za
Nad has worked in Agricultural finance for over twenty years. Nad is a meticulous accounting specialist whose attention to detail has insured safety and security for the company in today’s difficult money markets. A valuable team player who brings a fresh approach to a fast-changing landscape in the field of Agriculture. His aptitude to measure performance across the business spectrum makes him the ideal man for the job.
MARINDA CILLIERS
Executive Assisstant
Tel: +27 031 564 9948
Email: marindac@farmspec.co.za
Marinda is a valuable team player who has gained valuable experience across the board in the Agricultural Business as PA to the board with an emphasis on client relationships, buying and administration. Her focus has been on Specialty products in Agriculture, following the same doctrine as that of her directors and fellow staff members in farmSPEC.
MICHELLE PRICE
Logistics Manager
Tel: +27 031 564 9948
Cell: +27 062 249 0639
Email: logistics@farmspec.co.za
Michelle has recently been promoted to a senior buyer within farmSPEC and is responsible for procurement for the company. Michelle Price is an integral member of the Farmspec team with more than 15yrs experience in Fertilizer logistics including, bagging, blending, coating, transport, and warehousing. With a hands-on approach to buying raw materials for fertilizer manufacturing plants, Michelle quickly adapted to the role of buying for farmspec.
Tel: +27 31 564 9948
Cell: +27 78 1486547
marindac@farmspec.co.za
11 St Andrews Drive
Durban North, 4051
South Africa