After 13 years at listed agricultural company Senwes, and a past career as a Department of Agriculture economist, Elmarie Joynt has exceptional industry experience. She has received many accolades for her performance during her time at the company, most recently for her contribution to corporate governance initiatives.

She is currently working with the business’s assurance arm, to develop an innovative “joint approach” to compliance and risk management. ‘It’s a journey establishing the group’s compliance on a mature level in quite a diverse business’, Joynt says.

‘There’s a lot of risk involved’. As the legal function has developed under her leadership, Joynt has been focused on driving forward a more practical and ‘solution-driven’ approach, and promoting greater interaction with the business. She has also worked closely with a local university for the past three years, where she teaches strategy and risk management and runs internships and graduate programs.