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THE ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS
GET IN TOUCH
We'd love to hear from you
GET IN TOUCH
We'd love to hear from you
WHO WE ARE
OUR TEAM
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RODNEY YOULDON
Managing Director
Rodney heads the SAPREF leadership team and is the SAPREF representative on the company board.
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MPUME MBAM
Human Resources Manager
The human resources department is responsible for staff recruitment, skills development, labour relations and benefits administration.
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ALAN CHETTY
Maintenance Manager (Acting )
The maintenance department is responsible for the safe and efficient execution of all maintenance activities at the refinery.
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KOOGAN GOVENDER
Commercial Manager
The commercial department manages the assessment of the refinery performance, business improvement program, hydrocarbon accounting as well as SBM operation.
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NINGI KHUMALO
Head of Finance
The finance team provides all treasury, accounting and legal functions for the refinery. It is also responsible for procurement of products and services.
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MONDLI MBILI
Engineering Manager
The engineering department is responsible for integrity assurance in support of safe and reliable maintenance and operation.
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SAMI SAPMAZ
Production Manager
The production department is responsible for refining and processing of crude oil into end products for our shareholders.
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MELANIE FRANCIS
HSSE Manager (Acting)
The HSSE department ensures that SAPREF adheres to and improves its health, safety, security and environmental performance
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ROMANUS DINDI
ICT Manager
The ICT department is responsible of driving the SAPREF IT strategy for the business.
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SIMPHIWE MAZIBUKO
Technology Manager
The process technology team is accountable for process safety, plant operation optimisation, process control, process modification as well as quality assurance of our products.
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HLENGIWE HLELA
Sustainable Development Manager
The Sustainable Development department is responsible for stakeholder engagement, BBBEE compliance, communications as well as corporate social investment.