South Africa

Group Chief Executive Officer

James is an experienced senior business leader who, prior to joining GZ Industries, has enjoyed a 30-year FMCG based career with PZ Cussons International PLC in various leadership roles around the world. A Marketing professional by training, James has worked in Europe, Asia and most recently for over 20 years in Africa in roles which include CEO, Managing Director, Supply Chain Director, and Marketing Director.  

Group Chief Financial Officer

Ayodeji is a finance professional with  two decades of experience in industry and accounting practice. Prior to joining GZI, he was the Group Head of Finance of Forte Oil Plc (now Ardova Plc) where he was responsible for the finance functions of the Group’s downstream businesses in Nigeria and Ghana, upstream services and power generating business in Nigeria (Geregu Power Plc). He played a significant role in the restructuring of Forte Oil Plc from African Petroleum (AP) and was instrumental to various mergers and acquisition initiatives of the Group especially the acquisition of Geregu Power Plc by the Group in 2013. He played a leading role in the subsequent successful divestment of the Group from its downstream operations in Ghana and Nigeria, the Upstream Service entity, and the successful sale of Forte Oil Plc to new controlling investors. 

Prior to joining Forte Oil, Ayodeji worked with Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd where he was responsible for the financial control, reporting and tax functions of the entity. Prior to this, he trained as a chartered accountant with Shofolawe- Bakare and Co (Chartered Accountants) where he in-charged major audit and tax engagements 

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, United Kingdom and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Australia. 

He is a graduate of Industrial and Labour Relations from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago- Iwoye and has a Masters in Accounting from Babcock University Ilishan Remo and an MBA from IE Business School Madrid. He has attended executive management programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School, USA. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and has a certification in Sustainable Finance from Cambridge University United Kingdom.   

Country Manager, South Africa

Academic qualifications: BSc Eng (Wits), MEng (Wits), DiplBrew (IBD), MBA (GIBS), IEDP (GIBS)

Reoagile is a seasoned supply-chain and operations leader with more than 15 years of cross-industry experience and a proven record of delivering measurable performance, growth, and transformation. His career spans engineering, commercial strategy, and end-to-end P&L leadership, underpinning a reputation for disciplined execution and modern, data-driven management. 

At ArcelorMittal and Heineken, Reoagile held successive engineering leadership roles where he led the deployment of world-class preventive-maintenance systems, elevating asset reliability and uptime across complex production environments. He later broadened his commercial credentials at Robert Bosch South Africa, where he founded and led the Thermo-Technology division. In that capacity, he designed and executed the go-to-market strategy that successfully introduced Bosch Industrial Boilers to the Southern African market. 

Reoagile then pivoted into operations management at Distell as a Brewmaster, driving network-optimisation and supply-chain synchronisation initiatives across the Ready-to-Drink and Cider categories—projects that improved service, cost, and throughput.  

Before joining GZI (SA), he served as General Manager (Manufacturing) at PepsiCo, where he held executive, end-to-end ownership of the Snacks category P&L, delivering sustained gains in operating efficiency, cost optimisation, underpinned by improvements in employee health and safety, and environmental sustainability. 

Outside of work, Reoagile enjoys road cycling and reading on military history and geopolitics. 

HR Manager

Tumi Moselane is the Country HR Manager at GZI South Africa, leading the organisation’s people strategy with a focus on culture, capability development and organisational growth. With more than 25 years of HR experience across diverse industries, she oversees the full HR value chain, including talent management, leadership development, organisational design, employee relations, learning and development, diversity and inclusion, including compensation and benefits. Her leadership is characterised by a strong focus on empowering teams, enabling operational excellence and building future-ready talent.

Prior to joining GZI, Tumi held senior leadership roles at Eaton Electric South Africa and spent 12 years at Lafarge South Africa, where she led major transformation initiatives, implemented progressive HR frameworks and strengthened organisational resilience during significant periods of change and expansion.

Tumi holds a BA in Psychology (Wits), an Honours in Labour Relations, the MDP from GIBS, and a qualification in Labour Dispute Resolution Practice from Wits. Outside her professional commitments, Tumi enjoys outdoor walks, travelling and being a Life Coach.