SADSTIA committee

Felix Ratheb joined Sea Harvest as a commercial manager in 2003, was promoted to group sales & marketing director in 2006, and group CEO in 2013. He has represented Sea Harvest at SADSTIA since 2013 and served as a trustee on the board of the Marine Stewardship Council from 2016 to 2019. He is also a board member and treasurer of the largest whitefish conference in the world, the Groundfish Forum, which is headquartered in Canada. Felix holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.

Innocent Nkosi Dwayi is employee and stakeholder relations manager at Irvin & Johnson Limited. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Leadership from the University of Cape Town and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Law, specialising in Labour Law, at the same university. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. Innocent serves at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) in the Labour Market chamber.

Madoda Khumalo is strategic services executive at Sea Harvest. His area of responsibility includes fishing rights, transformation, sustainability and communications. He is a marine biologist by training, having completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Ocean Atmospheric Science and Environmental Management at the University of Cape Town in 2009, and a Master of Science degree at the same university in 2012. Madoda chairs the Scientific Committee of SADSTIA.

Don Lucas is chief executive of Combined Fishing Enterprises, a company he and his brother Basil – a former skipper in a number of fishery sectors – started in 1994, shortly after Don returned to South Africa from Ireland where he completed a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Treasury at the University of Limerick. In addition to Combined Fishing Enterprises, Don manages Tuna SA, a company that works with Japanese boat owners to target tuna inside South African waters and on the high seas. He serves on the executive committees of SADSTIA, the South African Hake Longline Association and the South African Tuna Association.

Jayesh Jaga holds a BA Law LLB degree and practised as an attorney before joining the Oceana Group in 2002. He has worked in a wide range of business portfolios within the Oceana Group and gained diverse executive management experience. Currently, he is executive director responsible for the hake operations within Blue Continent Products. In addition to his business roles, Jayesh has been a trustee of the Oceana Executive Provident Fund and is currently a trustee and chairperson of the Oceana Empowerment Trust.

Terence Brown is operations director at Sea Harvest. He is responsible for the smooth running of the company’s land-based operations, including its expansive processing facilities in Saldanha. Terence has over 18 years of experience in the local and international fishing industry. He is a mechanical engineer by training, having graduated from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He is chairman of the Sea Harvest Foundation which strives to contribute to positive social change in Saldanha Bay and its surrounding communities. Terence served as chairman of SADSTIA for three years, from 2017 to 2020.

Johann Augustyn is secretary of SADSTIA, responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Association. Johann worked as a marine scientist for more than 20 years before being appointed as a fisheries manager, originally in the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and later the Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF). He was appointed secretary of SADSTIA in 2014.