Leadership
Our expert leadership team is responsible for business success in key areas
Riza joined Diplomat South Africa in 2022 as a Sales VP.
Riza has 30 years of FMCG experience in various sales, commercial and general management roles. He spent 25 years at PepsiCo and since 2006 he served in various executive roles with them.
His last role with them was as GM of the snacks business in South Africa.
Deon joined Diplomat in 2013. He started as the National Sales Manager for the Non-Food Department looking after Merchandising and Sales. He was then promoted to Head of Sales Tier 2 Food in 2015. This was followed by the role of Head of Trade Activation and Category planning. In 2019, Deon was appointed Head of Sales & Merchandising with the Tier 2 sales team and the merchandising structures reporting to him.
Our Global Management Teams
Diplomat is a global company with one leadership culture worldwide. Meet the teams leading our business units in the territories in which we operate.