Koos Van Rensburg FORMER Managing Director, VKB Agriculture Limited
Vrystaat Koöperasie Beperk (VKB) is one of the few remaining agricultural enterprises to adopt a co-operative business model. Van Rensburg is very clear that the marketing function must adopt a two-pronged strategy—first, meeting the needs of producers and customers and then marketing their surpluses. As he explains, VKB is a highly diversified business with a vision to provide everything a farmer could conceivably need along the lines of a one-stop-shop.
Koos Janse van Rensburg (CASA) was appointed in his current position as managing director at VKB in 2008. He completed a BCom (Accounting) at the University of the Free State, followed by a Honours BCompt and MBL from Unisa.
Koos started his career as a trainee accounting clerk in 1984. He thereafter became audit manager and was audit partner from 1988 to 1998. He held managerial positions in agribusinesses since 1998, including managing director of Noord Boland Landbou (1998 – 2002) and managing director of Boland Agri (2003 – 2006), following the amalgamation of Noord Boland Landbou with Porterville Agricultural Cooperative to form Boland Agri. The current Kaap Agri had its origins when WPK Beperk and Boland Agri amalgamated in 2006, and Koos served as operations director of Kaap Agri from 2006 to 2007.
