PALF cares about serving the African leather industry and providing the right guidance to all industry stakeholders especially in these crucial times, that's why the show brought together an advisory committee that includes the top leather experts and industry players from across the globe, as they provide strategic insights into the industry relying on decades of experience in the field.
Take a moment to discover PALF esteemed advisory committee members.
Executive Director of Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI), a regional organization mandated and chartered to spearhead the development of the leather sector in Africa, Congress president of the IULTCS and WLC 2021 and The Vice President of The International Council of Tanners. Previously, served as the Chief Executive and founder of the Leather development Council, Kenya.
In August 2014 Nerisha Jairaj joined SAFLEC as the New Executive Manager and was promoted to Executive Director in 2015. Nerisha Jairaj now heads SAFLEC under the guidance of the SAFLEC Board of Directors. Nerisha Jairaj comes with a BTech Honours in Business Administration and MBA Organisational Behaviour, Strategy and General (ongoing), 20 years of export, procurement and international trade experience
Business Development Specialist , CBiT and Founder, Leather Apex Society of Kenya. An innovation and management specialist with over 18 years experience in the management and execution of industrial and business development projects, with a solid understanding of the dynamics of export trade, its implication on local production and how to advance competitiveness of local economies.
Almost 50 years of experience in the leather value chain first as hide & skin sales agent, successively as hides and skins collector and trader. UN leather value chain consultant since 1999. Exotic skins traceability expert. Presently engaged in high tech Swiss multinational Hueni AG as sales manager Asia and Africa. Specialised in advanced drum technology, process control and automation, tannery ERP and Industry 4.0 smart factory applications.