About Us | Optimal

Who We Are

Your Asset Performance
Management Partner.

At Optimal®, we understand the critical role your assets play in achieving your business goals. Our engineers and consultants specialise in developing enterprise asset performance and management solutions, focused on optimising operations whilst increasing asset reliability across the full asset lifecycle.

We combine the unmatched expertise of our highly experienced Asset Management Specialists with cutting-edge technology — drawing on industry best practice and our ARaaS® framework to develop customised solutions that drive measurable outcomes. This approach empowers clients to optimise asset performance, maximise return on investment, and achieve long-term operational efficiency.

Our innovative solutions empower asset owners to achieve continuous value by striking the right balance between cost, risk and performance. At the core of our delivery is an unwavering commitment to quality, underpinned by accredited systems and rigorous processes that consistently meet and exceed the highest service standards.

Our Core Values

Pioneering

We are passionate about bringing innovative technologies and methods to our clients. Fostering creativity is central to us as a business and we strive to find new and unique ways to approach each situation in order to achieve the best possible results.

Excellence

You need a business which provides excellent results, clear methods, and total satisfaction. We engage with our clients to ensure solutions we deliver produce results that are absolutely customised to current and future needs.

People

People are our greatest asset. We form partnerships and develop relationships based on trust and commitment to ensure integrity on all sides. Our people are empowered with clear goals, authority, resources, tools and processes.

Our People

Led by
specialists.

Director | Optimal

Dr Leslie Moyo

Chartered Engineer · Director

Dr Leslie Moyo is a Chartered Engineer with over 25 years of experience across asset management, design appraisal and verification, inspection and certification of equipment, and technical sales support. He has previously held roles providing operational support to offshore sites, contract management and project management delivery.

Dr Moyo leads Optimal's strategic direction and is the principal point of contact across the firm's international client engagements, bringing rigorous technical authority and commercial acuity to every mandate.

Credentials

Doctorate in Business Administration — Strategy & Organisation, University of Strathclyde Business School

MBA in Oil & Gas Management — Robert Gordon University (Awarded with Merit)

MSc in Safety, Risk & Reliability Engineering — Heriot-Watt University

Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health — British Safety Council

Contact: enquiries@optimal.world

Dr Seeiso Moeletsi

Director — Optimal South Africa

Dr Moeletsi is a distinguished medical doctor whose career uniquely bridges the fields of healthcare and industry. With a strong background in the mining and industrial sectors, he has leveraged his knowledge and experience to drive innovation and efficiency in physical asset management solutions, focusing on optimising asset performance and sustainability.

Mkululi Dube

Executive Director — Optimal Africa

Executive Director leading Optimal's Africa strategy and regional expansion across sub-Saharan markets. Mkululi brings deep expertise in asset-intensive industry operations and business development across the African continent.

Benson Zaaruka-Tjitjaerera

Director — Optimal Namibia

Director of Optimal Namibia, leading the firm's operations from the BlackRoof Estate in Okakarara. Benson brings regional expertise in asset management delivery across Namibia's asset-intensive sectors.

Dr Jan Myburg

Technical Trainer — Optimal Academy

Technical Trainer at the Optimal Academy, Dr Myburg brings doctoral-level expertise to Optimal's training programme delivery. He leads the development and facilitation of technical asset management curricula across the Academy's portfolio of IAM-endorsed and SMRP-aligned courses.

Bongi Ndlovu

Principal Consultant — Pharma

Bongi is a highly versatile quality and CMC leader with over 15 years of experience across small pharmaceuticals, biotherapeutics, biopharmaceutical CDMOs, and advanced therapy. She brings hands-on expertise in QC, analytical methods development, GMP compliance, regulatory submissions (IND/IMPD), inspection readiness, and multi-site technology transfer across Europe, the USA and Asia. A Masters graduate in Medical Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Aberdeen, Bongi leads Optimal's pharma sector advisory practice.

Finlay Craig

Client Relationship Manager — UK & Europe

Finlay leads client engagement across Optimal's UK operations, managing a multidisciplinary team spanning engineering projects and digital strategy. His role encompasses sales outreach, CRM oversight, webinar delivery, and digital content — ensuring every client interaction drives measurable outcomes. A Robert Gordon University graduate, Finlay brings a distinctive blend of technical project coordination, digital marketing, and operational leadership to Optimal's growth agenda.

Memory Mukombiwa

Client Relationship Manager — South Africa

Memory leads client relations for Optimal's South Africa practice, driving engagement across Optimal's asset management and reliability engineering portfolio. Based in Gauteng, she works closely with asset-intensive organisations across the region to support business development, partner collaboration, and client success — ensuring Optimal's multi-sector expertise is translated into measurable value for clients across sub-Saharan Africa.

Sravanthi Sunkara

Project Administrator

Sravanthi is a PRINCE2-certified project management professional with an MSc from Robert Gordon University and a background spanning energy, engineering, and supply chain. At Optimal she provides project administration support across live client engagements, bringing structured methodology, procurement expertise, and cost control rigour to complex multi-sector programmes. Her prior experience includes roles at SLB and Honeywell UOP, where she developed deep capability in ERP systems, materials management, and project planning.

Jean-Philippe Katanti

Asset Performance Engineer

Jean-Philippe is an electrical engineer with specialist expertise in BMS, control systems, and asset performance engineering, operating from Pretoria, South Africa. His career spans building management systems, corrective maintenance, and client-facing application engineering in previous roles where he bridged operational technology with performance optimisation. He brings hands-on experience in electrical system design, IEC-compliant power systems, and cybersecurity — underpinning Optimal's asset performance practice across southern Africa.

Technology & Academic Partners

Stronger
together.

Fluke Reliability

Platinum Technology Partner

Optimal leverages Fluke Reliability's eMaint CMMS — a cloud-based CMMS, EAM and IIoT platform that connects hardware and software to boost uptime, strengthen reliability and drive production — alongside AZIMA DLI for vibration monitoring, advanced AI analysis and enterprise reliability reporting.

Open iT

Software Asset Management Partner

Founded in 1999 and based in Houston, Open iT provides software usage metering and optimisation solutions to help organisations manage and reduce software costs. Its SAM platform offers centralised control over software lifecycles, delivering real-time usage insights, licence compliance and vendor management tools — integrated within Optimal's Optimal360™® digital services.

TICE — Tshwane University of Technology

Academic & Training Partner

The Tshwane Institute for Continuing Education (TICE) is the commercial arm of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Through this partnership, Optimal develops and delivers Asset Management training programmes certified by TUT and carrying CPD points from the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA), aimed at upskilling the workforce across the African market.

Asset Performance
Management,
done with conviction.

Your Asset Performance
Management Partner.

Structured around the
full asset lifecycle.

Led by
specialists.

Dr Leslie Moyo

Stronger
together.

Ready to optimise
your asset performance?

Asset PerformanceManagement,done with conviction.

Your Asset PerformanceManagement Partner.

Structured around thefull asset lifecycle.

Led byspecialists.

Dr Leslie Moyo

Strongertogether.

Ready to optimiseyour asset performance?

Asset Performance
Management,
done with conviction.

Your Asset Performance
Management Partner.

Structured around the
full asset lifecycle.

Led by
specialists.

Stronger
together.

Ready to optimise
your asset performance?