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Executive Management

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (GCEO)
​Robert Nguka  was appointed WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company Group CEO at the beginning of 2020., Prior to this move he was  the Group Chief Operations and Business Development Officer at the Central Energy Fund (CEF), a holding company of WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering and a MSc in Engineering , he has 18 years’  experience in the petroleum  industry spanning  the areas of Human Capital Development and Management, Technology Development and Engineering, Capital Project Execution, Business Development and Operations. Mr. Robert Nguka also had extensive  exposure to the local and international business  environments.

ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)
Cynthia Makoti - National Diploma in Internal Audit; B. Com; B.Com (Hons); CA (SA). Cynthia Makoti joined WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company in January 2006 working as a Senior Internal Auditor in the office of the Chief Executive Officer. In 2008, she joined the Trading, Supply & logistics Division as the Head of the Back Office She was later approached to act at the Chief Audit Executive in April 2017 and was later appointed on the permanent basis on the same position. She was appointed to the role of Acting Chief Financial Officer in September 2020.

Cynthia Makoti is an active and practising member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant, Institute of Internal Auditors as well as Tax Practitioners.

Her working career began with an insurance company in 1994, Norwich Life, and she later joined the then Caltex (now Astron Energy) before moving to Mossel Bay to work for Mossgas (WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company). In 1998, she joined Deloitte where she completed her training (articles) requirement toward her qualification for her CA (SA). On completion of her training contract, she joined Internal Audit Department at Engen Oil Petroleum before returning to WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company in January 2006.

GROUP CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (GCOO)|
Briayan van der Merwa
BSc(Hons)Chemistry, MBA, BTheol.
Briayan holds a BSc Honours degree and Masters of Technology degree in Chemistry as well as an MBA and a BTheol degree.  He worked as a Lecturer and Research Associate at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.  He joined WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company as a Research Scientist in 1998 and has served in various internal roles such as a Chemist, Scheduler, Production Planner and LP Modeller, Planning and Optimisation Manager. Mr Zono has also held key roles in strategic projects; these include Master plan development, representing WOZIL Refinery and Chemical Company on various engagements with the Department of Energy. He was appointed to the position of COO in January 2018 a position that he holds to date.

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