Theo Boshoff CEO of AGBIZ South Africa
Theo headed up the Legal Intelligence desk at Agbiz for five years and took over as the CEO from Dr John Purchase in January 2022. Theo is part of the Agbiz team that works as a liaison between the industry and various Government bodies to craft policy and legislation that affects the sector. Focus areas include land reform and property rights, natural resource legislation, commercial and competition laws as well as the regulatory environment affecting the primary and secondary agricultural sectors. Theo has represented agribusiness on several platforms such as the AgriBEE Charter Council, Operation Phakisa, and Nedlac’s Development Chamber. He has been involved in several in-depth processes on draft legislation at Nedlac and was responsible for the agricultural sector’s projects at the Job Summit amongst other processes. He holds an LLM in constitutional property law (cum laude) from the University of the North West, an LLB (cum laude) and an Mphil degree in Wildlife Management from the University of Pretoria. He is currently studying towards a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management with the North West University’s Business School.
Specialist in policy advocacy, with a focus on Constituonal Property Law, land reform, rural development and other areas of public policy. Serves on several public structures representing Business with the intention of shaping legislation and public policy to create an enabling environment for economic growth and social justice.
