GCCA Future Leader Award Africa
This award was organized by the Global Cold Chain Alliance and its Core Sector, GCCA Warehouse. The Africa Future Leader Award recognized outstanding young professionals in the African cold storage industry who show potential for future career advancement but have not yet risen to top-level leadership positions within their country.
Africa Future Leader Award Winners
GCCA is pleased to recognize winners of the past SARDA Peter Worthington-Smith & Tony Lewis Awards who also ran for the Global NextGen Award.
Larna Jodamus
CCS Logistics, South Africa
2022 Winner of the Africa Future Leader Award
Mandisa Pakamisa
CCS Logistics, South Africa
2021 Winner of the Africa Future Leader Award
Francois Smith
Sequence Logistics, South Africa
2016 Winner of the Tony Lewis Cold Store Operator Award
Ivan Sutic
Chilleweni Cold Storage Solutions, South Africa
2015 Winner of the Peter Worthington-Smith Award
Award Benefits
- Broaden knowledge and understanding of the industry.
- Meet key players in the temperature-controlled logistics industry.
- Finalists recognized at the GCCA South Africa Cold Chain Conference.
- If selected as the Africa Award Winner, competed in the Global NextGen Award.
Award Eligibility
To be eligible for the award, applicants met the following criteria:
- Be an employee of a GCCA Warehouse member company.
- Be 35 years of age, or younger, at the time of the award application deadline.
- Possess a minimum of three years of work experience in any sector of the industry, including (but not limited to): operations, administration, human resources, engineering, accounting, sales, customer service, etc.
- Possess insight into their company's values, policies, and strategic direction.
- Demonstrate excellence in their work and show potential to advance further in their career.
Questions
Contact learning@gcca.org