L to R: Anna Heaton, Strategy Lead for Animal Fibres, and Materials - Textile Exchange. Jackie Gant - MSA. Lindsay Humphries - BKB. Ruth Pringle - Stucken. Nickey Small - MSA. Marco Coetzee - MSA. Deon Saayman - Cape Wools. Claudia Kirchner - MSA. Siobhan Momberg - Textile Exchange. Beauty Mokgwamme - MET. Hanna Denes, Climate + Strategy Lead - Textile Exchange.

The Mohair industry welcomed La Rhea Pepper, CEO of Textile Exchange, and her team when they touched down in Port Elizabeth last week. She was accompanied by Anna Heaton - Strategy Lead for Animal Fibres and Materials and Hanna Denes - Climate + Strategy Lead and the Chairman of the Textile Exchange Board – Heinrich Schultz.

They celebrated their 20th anniversary and hosted a cocktail function at the Mohair South Africa headquarters on Thursday, 8 September. South Africa is the largest producers of RMS/RWS fibre in the world, and hence a fitting place for them to celebrate their 20-year anniversary with various industry stakeholders.

1st pic on the left: L to R Mark Shires - Chairman of SAMGA, La Rhea Pepper - CEO of Textile Exchange, Heinrich Schultz - Chairman of Textile Exchange Board.
2nd pic on the right: L to R, Marco Coetzee, Beauty Mokgwamme, Lindsay Humphries, Sanmarie Vermaak, Nickey Small, Claudia Kirchner, La Rhea Pepper - CEO Textile Exchange.
3rd pic on left: L to R, La Rhea Pepper - CEO Textile Exchange addressing the gathering.
4th pic in the middle: L to R, Jaco Botha - BKB, Jo–Anne Bester - OVK, Isak Staats - BKB, La Rhea Pepper - CEO Textile Exchange.
5th pic on the right: L to R, Deon Saayman - Cape Wools and Evert Vermeulen - SAMIL.

The mohair industry set up a meeting with the Textile Exchange delegation earlier that day to discuss a couple of matters that came from the Mohair Trust meeting several weeks ago. We would like to thank all our stakeholders that took part in the meeting and celebration.