Finance and Public Enterprises Minister, Ipumbu Shiimi, has appointed a new Board of Directors for the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) for a period of three years, effective 1 September 2024.
The board will be chaired by Momentum Metropolitan Namibia Group CEO, Sakaria Nghikembua.
Nghikembua previously chaired an 11-member temporary Meatco board, which was appointed by Shiimi for a period of six months and whose term ended on 28 February 2024.
Joseph Andreas, Adolf Muremi, Cyprianus Khaiseb, and Patterson Tjipueja were also retained from the temporary board.
New board appointees include Hilbert Martin Joachim Paul, Stephanie Melisant Larney De Klerk, Patricia J. Olivier, Diana L. van Schalkwyk, and Abiud Tjipangandjara.
This comes as the government seeks to reduce the dependency of Meatco on government subsidies and improve the governance and leadership at the beef processor.
