San-Marie Barnard, representing Kestria South Africa, has been named the new Agribusiness & Agriscience EMEA Practice Leader.San-Marie Barnard, Principal Consultant, Kestria South Africa & USA brings a global approach to executive search with her extensive experience leading executive and C-level recruitment projects in a range of industry sectors across Sub-Saharan Africa, the USA, South America and MENA. With her broad range of skills, San-Marie leads Kestria South Africa & USA’s research teams on multi-country search projects, and also plays a hybrid role in both client partnering and candidate-facing capacities. Besides Agri-Industrial her industry expertise ranges from Ed-tech, Fintech & digital payments to Media-tech.
San-Marie Barnard
Principal Consultant, Kestria South Africa & USA
Growing up on a food-producing farm myself, I not only have passion and an inherited love for agriculture, but an in-depth understanding of the importance of food security and the production value chain, globally, and all the factors impacting this. I look forward to being the Agribusiness & Agriscience EMEA Practice Leader for Kestria, and finding leaders who will advance and take care of this key global industry,’ says San-Marie Barnard, Principal Consultant, Kestria South Africa & USA, Kestria Agribusiness & Agriscience EMEA Practice Leader.
Patrick Westerburger
Managing Partner, Kestria Netherlands
I am pleased to welcome San-Marie to our team. The agricultural sector is changing rapidly thanks to innovations on all fronts. San-Marie understands better than anyone the type of leaders that our clients need to turn innovations into real business success,’ adds Patrick Westerburger, Managing Partner Kestria Netherlands, Kestria Agribusiness & Agriscience Global Practice Leader.
About Kestria
Kestria is a global professional alliance of executive search firms, united in their commitment to support clients in sourcing and retaining key leadership talent. Our partners are as culturally and geographically diverse as our clients. Located in 40+ countries, 90+ cities on six continents, Kestria has the footprint and agility needed to serve multinationals and SMEs with dedication and a personal touch.
We’ve successfully completed 40,000+ searches for over 4,000 clients, serving everyone from game-changing start-ups to major global players. Ranked as the world's largest retained executive search alliance in terms of geographical coverage, Kestria is Fluent in finding leaders.
Contact information
Stepan Motejzik, Kestria Global Alliance Director
Email: stepan.motejzik@kestria.com
Phone: + 420 608 102 893
