Our Team

Frederic was appointed as an independent non-executive Director in March 2013. He is a partner of Oberson Abels SA, a law office based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a member of the Remuneration, and Nomination and Governance committees.

Stephen was appointed as a non-executive Director in 2021. He previously held positions within the Camellia Group's agricultural and banking businesses. He holds an executive position within The Camellia Foundation, a UK charity whose primary donor of the same name is the ultimate majority shareholder of Camellia Plc. He is also a director of the Camellia Private Trust Company (the trustee of The Camellia Foundation (Bermuda)) and director of Camellia Holding AG.

Rachel was appointed as an independent non-executive director in May 2022. She is a chartered accountant with extensive international and general management experience, having founded and served on the board of several significant businesses. She has substantial experience and interest in ESG matters. She became chair of the Audit committee and joined the Nomination committee in June 2022. 

Alec was appointed as an independent non-executive Director in July 2024. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) with 30 years of experience in the agriculture commodity sector in developed and emerging markets, with significant management experience in the Company’s key markets in Africa and Asia. He holds an executive role at ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation Limited. He is a member of the Audit committee.

Alison was appointed as an Senior Independent non-executive Director in November 2024. She has 40 years of international financial services experience, serving 22 years at Standard Chartered Plc, a FTSE 100 bank. Following her retirement in 2022, Alison has since served as a non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank. She has significant executive experience in a variety of roles, latterly Group Head of Internal Audit at Standard Chartered Plc. Alison holds a Masters of Business Administration and is a trustee of two performing arts charities. She is Chair of the Remuneration committee and a member of the Audit committee.

Nischal was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary in August 2024. Nischal has extensive experience in private practice and in-house legal roles in both India and the UK, including at Freshfields and Allen & Overy in London. His corporate experience includes UBS, Diageo Plc, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and most recently, Redx Pharma Plc, an AIM listed company where he was Interim General Counsel and Company Secretary.