Meatco this week sent out the nominations, from its members and employees, of persons to serve on the Meatco Board of Directors to the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Mr John Mutorwa, who will make the final appointments.

The new board is expected to take over from the current board at the end of August 2013 and will serve for a period of three years.

Nominations for the Meatco Board of Directors took place during the 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was held on 21 June 2013.

Meatco members were given the opportunity to vote for individuals to represent the interests of the Communal Farmers, Commercial Farmers, as well as individuals possessing expertise in the management of abattoirs, trading of livestock and livestock products or any business or financial sphere.

To ensure transparency and credibility of results, voting was done by means of a secret ballot, in full view of the current Meatco Board and the Company Secretary, with the assistance of the corporation’s external auditors – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). All cast ballots were collected and counted by PwC afterwards.

Due to the above-mentioned process, the results could not be communicated to members during the AGM and are therefore made available through the E-newsletter, the media and the Meatco website.

As per the Minister’s request, and in accordance with Section 5 (1) (c) of the Act, six persons have been nominated by Meatco members to represent the interests of Communal Farmers.

These include:

In terms of Section 5 (1) (d) of the Act, six people have been nominated by Meatco members to represent the interests of Commercial Farmers.

These include:

In terms of Section 5 (1) (e) of the Act, a total of eight persons have been nominated by Meatco members in terms of such individuals possessing expertise in the management of abattoirs, trading of livestock and livestock products or any business or financial sphere.

These include:

Furthermore, another voting process, aimed at identifying the persons to represent the interests of Meatco employees, was conducted at the corporation’s offices by means of secret ballot, with the final nomination process taking place on 28 June 2013.

PwC was also responsible for counting such votes, which was done in the presence of Meatco’s Senior Managers: Industrial Relations and Human Resources, as well as a representative from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry.

As per the Minister’s request, and in accordance with Section 5 (1) (b) of the Meatco Corporation of Namibia Act of 2001, four people have been nominated by Meatco employees to represent their interests.

They include: