Animal Scientist excels - SA’s Most Influential Woman in the Agricultural sector in 2010

Chritel Coetzee at the Sandton Convention Centre

CEO Communications is hosting an annual event, where achievements of women across our country’s industrial sectors are celebrated. Nominations across industries were received and finalists had to go through 3 panels of judge.

Only 3 finalists were chosen in each sector. The judging panels included Advocate Willem Heath, Dr Raymond Patel, CEO of merSETA, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe, Koo Govender, Director of M-Net, Terry Booysen, CEO of CGF Research Institute, Herman Havenga, CEO of Qhubeka Forensic Services and others.

Their main focus when assessing finalists was looking at how they unlocked potential. At the gala event held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 29 July 2011, Dr. Christél Coetzee, Director at ADVIT Animal Nutrition was appointed winner of the AGRICULTURE sector. ADVIT Animal Nutrition provides the animal feed industry with a range of research-proven vitamin and mineral premixes for the efficient production of meat, eggs, milk, fish and pet food.

Christél became 50% shareholder of ADVIT in 2007. Since then, the annual turnover has increased by 40% and the staff complement by 15%. The business has also expanded into new areas in South Africa. Christél holds a PhD from the University of Pretoria and is the newly elected Chairperson of AFMA's Technical Committee.