Doug Jones is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an experienced executive with extensive wholesale, retail and e-commerce experience.
He spent 14 years with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Massmart Group which is majority-owned by Walmart. It has leading market positions in wholesale food, liquor, home improvement and general merchandise. Mr Jones was the chief executive and senior vice president of Massmart Wholesale which includes ‘big box’ format food, liquor; general merchandise stores serving retail, commercial and wholesale customers; cash and carry stores; buying groups that service wholesale and independent retail customers; and a number of e-commerce platforms. He left Massmart in January 2022 following his appointment as group chief executive of Metcash.
Mr Jones had also held senior finance positions in Makro SA, Amalgamated Beverages Industries, and The South African Breweries - all in Johannesburg; CocaCola Enterprises in Canada; and Deloitte in Canada and South Africa.