Karoo Crown Beef Group — Management, Governance & Organisational Design

The organisational design, the executive and management team, corporate governance, the board and the human-capital plan supporting the platform.

Section 10 · Business Plan

Management, Governance & Organisational Design

The organisational design, the executive and management team, corporate governance, the board and the human-capital plan supporting the platform.

10.1 Organisational Structure

Figure 10.

Figure 10. Organisational structure — Karoo Crown Beef Group

The Group is structured with a five-person executive committee (EXCO)
reporting to the Group CEO, who reports to a seven-member Board
comprising the CEO, the lead investor representative, two independent
non-executive directors, the producer-cooperative representative, the
chair of the audit committee, and the chair of the social and ethics
committee. EXCO comprises:

Group CEO — overall strategic and operational
leadership.
Chief Financial Officer — finance, treasury, tax, investor
relations, capital management.
Chief Operating Officer (Processing) — abattoir, processing,
packaging, QA, food safety.
Chief Livestock Officer — producer network, feedlot operations,
veterinary inputs.
Chief Commercial Officer — exports, domestic sales, brand,
retail.
Chief Sustainability & Compliance Officer — food safety, ESG,
regulatory, community engagement.

10.2 Board Composition and Committees

The Board operates three committees: an Audit and Risk Committee
(chaired by an independent non-executive director); a Remuneration and
Nominations Committee (chaired by a non-executive director); and a
Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee (chaired by the lead
independent director). The composition is structured to provide
diversity of perspective, sectoral expertise (beef, exports,
agricultural finance, retail) and independent oversight in line with
King IV principles. The board will meet quarterly, with the Audit and
Risk Committee meeting monthly during the construction phase and
quarterly thereafter.

10.3 Headcount Plan

Function	Y1	Y2	Y3	Y4	Y5
Management and EXCO	12	18	26	30	32
Production and slaughter floor	72	112	148	164	168
Quality, veterinary, food safety	14	20	26	28	28
Logistics, cold chain, dispatch	8	11	13	14	14
Commercial, sales, marketing	10	14	18	22	26
Support functions (finance, HR, IT, admin)	24	20	9	2	0
Total permanent FTEs	140	195	240	260	268

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