Christa Maritz
Office Manager
As Manager of office operations since August 2016, Mrs Maritz oversees corporate operations and policies, client and supply chain contracts, finances, payroll and business administration. She also serves as part-time Administrator and Events Organiser for the Southern African branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association.
Prior to this, she served 15 years with Sakata Seed Southern Africa as Root Crop Manager, where she project-managed scientific trials and market information systems, while securing trial varieties and crop requirements for South Africa. Mrs Maritz has developed and managed the full life cycle of numerouscrop and variety sales strategies for onion, carrot and beet, and worked with the National Department of Agriculture and SA National Seed Organisation (SANSOR) as key Technical Advisor and Trainer on theSA Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) Act and procedures. In her early career, she was a Special Market Coordinatorfor Capespan International for 5 years, acting as the liaison for Japan, Korea, Thailand and USA national authorities on special market requirements for fresh produce importation.
