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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pieterjan le Roux
Senior Asset Performance Engineer
Pieterjan is a senior automation and instrumentation professional with more than 21 years of experience across mining and heavy industry. His background spans artisan, maintenance planning, foreman, master technician, automation engineer, and Head of Instrumentation and Automation roles, with deep expertise in Siemens PCS7, TIA Portal, WinCC, SIMOCODE, drives, industrial networking, and process optimisation. He brings hands-on leadership in plant reliability, maintenance strategy, real-time condition monitoring, root cause analysis, critical spares, and team development across complex industrial operations.
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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.
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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.
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Julia Teleki
Asset Performance Associate
Julia is an adaptable operations and administrative professional with experience across departmental coordination, reporting, customer support, and fast-moving business environments. Her background includes duty and department management, staff scheduling, task allocation, internal communication, operational documentation, data entry, and compliance records. With training in events management and strong digital skills across Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and collaboration tools, Julia supports asset performance teams through structured coordination, accurate records, reporting discipline, and clear stakeholder communication.
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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.
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Tinotenda Njanjari
Asset Performance Engineer
Tinotenda is a mining engineer with a reliability and asset performance focus, supporting maintenance planning, operational reporting, and asset performance optimisation in mining environments. At Kiboko Projects, he develops structured tracking systems for equipment availability, utilisation, downtime, and maintenance scheduling, conducts root cause analysis on recurring failures, and works closely with operations teams to improve asset reliability and production outcomes. A BEng (Hons) Mining Engineering graduate and ECSA Candidate Engineer, Tinotenda brings a structured, data-driven approach to asset performance monitoring and continuous improvement.