FILE PHOTO: Customers walk beneath a company logo for the South African supermarket chain SPAR Group as they arrive at a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 3 (Reuters) – South Africa’s second-biggest grocery group SPAR SPPJ.J appointed Moegamat Reeza Isaacs as chief financial officer with effect from Jan 1, 2025, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Isaacs was the group finance director of upmarket retailer and SPAR competitor Woolworths Holdings Limited from 2013 to 2023.

“Mr Isaacs has strong strategic and operational finance experience that will add considerable value to the company,” SPAR said in the statement.

He succeeds Mark Godfrey, whose decision to retire was announced in June. Godfrey will step back from his role as group CFO on Dec. 31.

(Reporting by Tannur Anders; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Himani Sarkar)