THE JURY is still out on a successor to Neels Hubinger, former CE of the Perishable Products Export Control Board, who was fired in June after a two-month investigation. Since then, the position has been rotated among a three-member executive while the search continues for a suitable appointee. Hubinger’s departure – largely to do with difficulties in working with the rest of the executive – was seen as the first decisive move by the new PPECB board to transform the organisation. Even though the PPECB has remained mum on the search for a new CE, FTW understands would-be candidates have been interviewed for the advertised position, a short-list put together and an announcement imminent.
