Donald MacLeod

Donald George MacLeod (born 2 March 1947) was a South African cricketer who played in four First-class matches from 1967 to 1971 and who subsequently played a leading role in the South African sugar industry.

A right-arm medium and right-hand bat, MacLeod played all his first class matches for the Natal B team, taking 9 wickets and scoring 57 runs. His first match was in January 1968 against the Orange Free State and his subsequent matches during the holiday period (18 December to 18 January) of the 1970/71 season.

He became president of the Natal Cricket Union (1991–92) and an executive member of the South African Cricket Union (1987–90) and after its merger with the South African Cricket Board of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (1991–94).

After completing degrees at the Universities of Natal and Oxford, he pursued a management role in the sugar industry, becoming managing director of Illovo Sugar in 1992 and chairman of the board in 2012. He was also chairman of the South African Sugar Millers Association Limited from 1995 to 1997.