Pioneer Foods has appointed Phil Roux as chief executive, effective from May. He will replace André Hanekom, who has been with the company for 24 years. Roux is a consumer brands business executive at Tiger Brands and a non-executive director at Oceana Group. He has 24 years experience in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Roux was previously chief operating officer at Coca Cola Sabco and executive director at Tiger Brands.
Hanekom was Pioneer's chief executive for 19 years.