David Drew is Head of Commercial sub-Saharan Africa at Alpla SA. He's a qualified Chemical Engineer with 20 years' experience in FMCG.

Having graduated from University of KwaZulu-Natal, David joined Unilever as process engineer and spent 10 years at the multinational in a number of roles; progressing from a production environment in edible oils, capital projects, supply chain and finally in marketing and sales for Lipton Ice Tea. In 2007, David joined what is now Alpla SA.