About the Speaker

Speaker 1

Andreas Snyman

SOUTH AFRICA

Andreas Snyman grew up on a farm in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. He completed an BSc. Agric. Honors degree in Soil Science, Agronomy, and Irrigation design at the University of the Free State. In 1994 he started working at GWK Limited as an agronomist, working with irrigation farmers. Since 1996 Andreas has been involved in the production, processing, marketing, and management of GWK’s peanut business. Over the years he has been responsible for the processing, marketing, and business management of various agricultural commodities, such as maize, wheat, barley, alfalfa, and cotton
Currently Andreas is based in Douglas in the Northern Cape Province and is Head of GWK International, which focuses on the international trading of commodities including pecan nuts and peanuts.