Job Title: CPO
Company: Rainbow Chicken
Barney Khumalo is the chief people officer at Rainbow Chicken.
Before assuming the CPO role at Rainbow Chicken, Barney served as HR director at RCL FOODS. He has also held senior HR leadership positions at Nampak, Virgin Mobile South Africa, De Beers Group, Cell C, The South African Breweries and Unilever.
Barney holds a bachelor of arts degree in social science and a postgraduate diploma in industrial relations from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has completed executive development programmes at the GIBS Business School and international programmes in diversity and inclusion and leadership development.
Work:
2024 – Present CPO, Rainbow Chicken
2014 – 2024 HR director, RCL FOODS
2008 – 2014 HR director: Nampak Bevcan, Nampak
2006 – 2008 Head of people & culture, Virgin Mobile South Africa
2002 – 2006 Senior HR executive, De Beers Group
2001 – 2002 Employee relations & empowerment specialist, Cell C
1999 – 2001 HR specialist, The South African Breweries
1995 – 1999 HR manager, Unilever
Education:
1993 – 1993 Postgraduate diploma in industrial relations, University of KwaZulu-Natal
1989 – 1992 Bachelor of arts, social science, University of KwaZulu-Natal
About the company:
Rainbow Chicken is one of South Africa’s leading poultry producers and a prominent consumer food brand. The company forms part of the RCL FOODS stable and operates across the poultry value chain, including feed production, farming, processing and distribution
