Board of Directors

Aba Location:
GZ Industries LTD.
Umueme Village, Obingwa Local Government,
Via Glass Force Road,
Along UMU Chichi, off Okpu Umuobo, Aba,
Abia State, Nigeria

Start date – June 2015
600 million cans / year

James Judson
Group Chief Executive Officer

James was appointed the Group Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors effective the 3^rd of February 2020. James is an experienced senior business leader who 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 14 years in Africa in roles which include Supply Chain Director, Managing Director and Marketing Lead.

Ayodeji Adelakun Executive Director & Group Chief Financial Officer

Ayodeji is a finance professional with over 14 years of experience in both 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 businesses in Nigeria.

He also worked with Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd where he was responsible for the financial reporting and tax functions of the entity. 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. He is an alumnus of IE Business School Madrid and has attended executive management programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School, USA.

Vince Raseroka
Chairman

Vincent (Vince) Raseroka is an Independent Non-Executive Director of GZI SA and also Chairs its Board. He is a highly respected businessman and a corporate governance specialist who has served in a number of large corporates at an executive level. Vince has experience not only in South Africa; he has done business in the rest of the African Continent and negotiated large business transactions with multinationals.

Vince possesses a wealth of corporate knowledge that he obtained during his career in the Country and in the African Continent wherein he ran multi-billion rand international and multinational firms in executive roles. Vince started his career as a Human Resources Officer, after obtaining a degree at the Fisk University in Nashville, USA (Magna Cum Laude) and quickly rose into more senior positions. In 1997 Vince Completed a Senior Executive Programme at Stanford University in California, USA. He furthered his studies at the Singapore Institute of Management. He later became Managing Director of Nampak Metal Can Manufacturing. His success in this division, awarded him a position with Nampak Spicers as Divisional Managing Director and soon after, Divisional Managing Director of PETPAK Division.

Vince later became a Managing Director of South African Airways Cargo; during this period, he was named Chairman of the Airline Association of Southern Africa as well as Director of SAA Express.

Once he made his mark in this area, he moved onto become the Chief Executive Officer of South African Airways, Technical, a company responsible for technical maintenance to International airlines such as Lufthansa, Swissair, British Airways, TAAG (Angola Airlines), Seychelles, to name a few. He achieved many milestones for this business in just over 3 years.

Vince has since held many Director positions, including Managing Director of Cell C, Chief Executive Officer of Telkom (Multi-links based in Nigeria), Executive Chairman of Chevron South Africa, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ellerines.

In the last 20 years, Vince has been involved in several multi-billion-rand Private Equity Transactions, concluding more than 20 transactions. In the last ten years together with his partners has started more than three businesses that have grown to values of more than R1 billion.

Maruping Mangwedi
Non-Executive Director

Maruping is a Non-Executive Director of GZI South Africa and Chairman of the Finance and Risk Committee. She has over 11 years of combined private equity and corporate finance experience across Sub-Saharan Africa.

She is a Principal at Affirma Capital, an independent emerging market private equity firm. Before joining Affirma Capital, she was a Principal at Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), having joined the firm in 2013.

Her previous experience includes Mergers and Acquisitions within Standard Bank’s Africa Corporate Finance Division, where she developed core sector knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa’s consumer, industrials and agribusiness sectors. Maruping is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Alphina Kekae
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director – South Africa

Alphina has over 12 years’ experience as a senior finance professional, with multinational experience across various African countries and has had strong exposure to complex manufacturing environments. She previously served as General Manager: Finance BME, a division of Omnia, where Alphina spent 10 years spearheading multiple strategic finance initiatives.

Alphina has developed and implemented best-in-class finance strategies, audit programs, comprehensive risk management systems and robust finance governance structures.

James Judson
Non-Executive Director

James is an experienced senior business leader who 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 14 years in Africa in roles which include Supply Chain Director, Managing Director and Marketing Lead.

Alphina Kekae
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director – South Africa

Alphina has over 12 years’ experience as a senior finance professional, with multinational experience across various African countries and has had strong exposure to complex manufacturing environments. She previously served as General Manager: Finance BME, a division of Omnia, where Alphina spent 10 years spearheading multiple strategic finance initiatives.

Alphina has developed and implemented best-in-class finance strategies, audit programs, comprehensive risk management systems and robust finance governance structures.

Morwaledi Mahlangu
Country HR Manager

Morwaledi has over 15 years’ experience in Human Resources with Multinational experience and exposure in different industries such as Manufacturing , Retail, Media and Telecommunications. She has made significant contributing to HR strategy development and execution. Morwaledi holds an Honours degree in Industrial Psychology.

During her career, Morwaledi has partnered with businesses to assess people and business-related risks, potential loss of revenue and management of costs. She has developed and implemented HR strategies to drive business strategy and ensuring operational excellence. In her career

Morwaledi has successfully implemented HRIS systems and other performance improvement processes. She is very passionate about talent management to ensure that the business is geared to succeed. Morwaledi has played an instrumental role in driving a high-performing culture and ensuring engagement and stability.

Ayodeji Adelakun
Non-Executive Director

Ayodeji is a finance professional with over 14 years of experience in both 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 businesses in Nigeria.

He also worked with Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd where he was responsible for the financial reporting and tax functions of the entity. 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. He is an alumnus of IE Business School Madrid and has attended executive management programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School, USA.

Modupe Odusola Company Secretary and Group Legal Counsel

Modupe is the Company Secretary and Group Legal Counsel with over 14 years in Legal Advisory, Company Secretariat, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance. She has held leadership positions in these capacities within the financial services sector in Insurance, energy-downstream, and pension.

Before joining GZI, Modupe was the Head of Legal, Governance and Compliance in one of the Insurance firms in Nigeria, responsible for monitoring current and emerging legal risks in the business, the enforcement of all Regional and Internal Policies and fulfilling statutory compliance with local regulations.

She is an associate of the Nigerian Bar Association and a student member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Dirk Van Der Meij
Group Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer

Dirk is the Group Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer with more than 15 years of experience in packaging industry. During this time, he has held several leadership positions in both commercial and operational roles.

Before Dirk joined the GZI family, he was the General Manager of Benelux and Scandinavia for a leading global can maker. Previous to this role, Dirk has fulfilled several commercial roles being responsible for both global key customers and regional customers. In these roles, he has worked with customers to drive growth with a strong partnership approach that drives value through delivery of new business projects, innovative solutions and increasingly a focus on sustainability programs.

Dirk has a degree in Strategic Management at IVA Business School and specialised in Lean Management and Marketing.

Vince Raseroka
Chairman

James Judson
Non-Executive Director

Ayodeji Adelakun
Non-Executive Director

Maruping Mangwedi
Non-Executive Director

Board of Directors

Vince RaserokaChairman

James JudsonNon-Executive Director

Ayodeji AdelakunNon-Executive Director

Maruping Mangwedi Non-Executive Director

Vince Raseroka
Chairman

James Judson
Non-Executive Director

Ayodeji Adelakun
Non-Executive Director

Maruping Mangwedi
Non-Executive Director