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Louis Raubenheimer, a specialist in conceptual design processes, has over 30 years of experience in an array of specialised fields. Louis graduated from the University of the Free State and holds a Bachelor of Agriculture Honours degree in Food Science (specialising in Dairy Science) and a Master of Business Administration. Louis’ passion in in these specialised fields spurred him on to lecture on Environmental Science and Food Microbiology at the Central University of Technology, Free State.

Louis’ eagerness to learn and conquer new fields of expertise led him to undertake diverse roles in the corporate world, which have included Quality Assurance Manager, Program Manager, Business Solutions Architect, CIO/COO of Absa Rewards (formerly affiliated with Barclays bank), Manager Productivity and Continuous Improvement, and all of this has led him to his current position as Head of IT for Clover S.A. (Pty) Ltd (“Clover”). These diverse portfolios have allowed Louis to acquire a diverse set of skills, which include but are not limited to the ability to integrate commercial requirements with product innovation, manage critical performance indicators by enhancing efficiencies and yields, aligning business processes with complex change management, complex risk mitigation skills which extend to operational, manufacturing, IT, and overall risk management strategies.

Louis is proud to be a part of the Clover Group. Clover is one of South Africa’s leading dairy and non-alcoholic beverages companies, whose holding company is the Central Bottling Company based in Israel, and is renowned for providing high quality products to its consumers, whilst continually innovating in the FMCG environment. Clover plays a significant role in the African market as well by continuously expanding its portfolio to meet the ever-evolving consumer demands.

As the Head of IT, Louis spearheads Clover’s digital transformation efforts to ensure technology enhances production efficiencies, automation, and data-driven decision making.

Louis looks forward to sharing his insights at the Dairy-Tech Conference in Copenhagen on how to best leverage information technology in order to effectively improve operations, standardise performance metrics, and speak to industry challenges faced through digital innovation.

John is a Chartered Fire Engineer registered with the Institution of Fire Engineers in addition to being a Chartered Building Surveyor and Building Engineer and has been involved in fire safety engineering for approaching 30 years. John joined Network Rail (Technical Authority) in September 2021 as the Head of Profession for Fire Safety where he is responsible for setting policy and engineering standards pertaining to fire safety and oversees Network Rails current National Fire Safety Programme.

Prior to joining Network Rail, John held positions as the Head of Fire Safety for Heathrow Airport Ltd and the Head of the Airport Emergency Services (Authority Having Jurisdiction) for Abu Dhabi Airports.

Sales Manager at Wagner Rail

Since 2013 with WAGNER

More than 15 years of experience in fire protection, including 11 years in the rail sector

PhD degree in Process Engineering

Thomas Stone is steeped in experience on how sellers sell, and how to help them sell more, better, faster. Tom has spent over a decade in SaaS enterprise sales and has led Pitcher’s Sales team since 2021.

David held a number of commercial roles in the food industry before joining Princes in 2007 as a senior sales manager, responsible for branded and own label food and drink business with a number of major UK retailers.

David moved to the Corporate Relations function in 2012 reflecting his personal interests in communications, media, government, and sustainability.

As Corporate Relations Director since 2017, he is responsible for external communications, corporate affairs, and corporate responsibility for the Princes Group around the world.

He represents Princes with multiple external stakeholders, including media, customers, trade bodies, government and NGOs and has publicly spoken at a number of events on topics relating to the Princes Group or its sustainability work.