Gert is the Aquaculture and Fisheries Specialist at Woolworths, a premium quality retailer in South Africa. He provides strategic insights and technical support to the various Woolworths seafood departments and oversees Woolworths’ Fishing for the Future seafood sustainability programme. He works closely with Woolworths’ international and local seafood supply chains to deliver improved efficiencies and implement best management practices.

Gert has more than 20 years’ experience in the seafood industry and holds a Master’s degree in Livestock Industry Management: Aquaculture. He previously worked for Stellenbosch University, co-founded an abalone ranching company and has in the past also consulted to government institutions, non-government organisations and private companies.