June 29, 2025: Alastair Walker has been appointed as chief financial officer and an executive director of South Africa’s Metair Investments with effect from next month.

Metair, which owns battery production firms Rombat in Romania and South Africa’s First National Battery, said on June 10 that Walker’s appointment takes effect as of July 1.

He succeeds Anesh Jogia, who resigned in April and whose notice period ends on June 30.

Metair said Walker has extensive private equity and corporate finance experience, gained both in South Africa and internationally, and has been investing and partnering with several South African-based entrepreneurs across a range of industries since 2018.

He has worked with companies including Deloitte and Anglo American Corporate Finance.

Batteries International reported in April that Metair had posted an overall 28% EBIT boost from its remaining battery businesses after selling off its troubled Mutlu Akü Turkish lead acid firm last year.