Jasper Allardice has been appointed KZN Branch Manager for A.B.E. Construction Chemicals, part of the Chryso Southern Africa Group. Jasper's career prior to joining A.B.E. this year included 18-years' service at Air Products where he rose through the ranks from Sales Engineer in Pinetown, to Area Sales Manager at Witbank (now eMahlaleni), to Regional Sales Manager for KZN.
In this post, which he assumed in 2004, Jasper was responsible for all Air Products' merchant (bulk and cylinder gas) business in the province, and managed three major cylinder filling facilities at Pinetown, Empangeni and Newcastle.
Prior to joining Air Products, Jasper did service in the SA Police, and worked for Kaljon Balustrading, Kempster Ford, and also for a year at a scrap metal company in Denmark (where he played rugby in Copenhagen!).
Jasper holds BA degree in English and Law obtained at the University of Natal-Durban.