Leadership
Our expert leadership team is responsible for business success in key areas
Yosi joined Diplomat in 2006. He began as a shift manager at Diplomat Israel and was soon appointed Warehouse Manager, Diplomat Cosmetics division. In 2008 he was appointed Chief Operation Officer, Diplomat Israel and Diplomat Cosmetics, with overall responsibility for demand forecasting through supply planning and managing complex interfaces with internal and external customers. In 2015 Yosi was appointed Chief Operation Officer, Diplomat South Africa. In 2018 Yosi was promoted to Group Chief Logistic Officer.
in 2020 Yosi was appointed CEO of Diplomat South Africa.
Garth joined Diplomat South Africa in 2015. Previously, he was General Manager Pharm lifestyle and Tech at DHL. Before that, he served as CFO DHL Supply Chain Middle East & Africa. Garth’s experience also includes serving as
Programme Director, Finance Shared Services for DHL, Financial Director for Kinesis Log (Pharm), Financial Director for Southern Sun, Financial and Logistics Director for Sun Cuisine Food and Financial Director for Williams Food.
Sean joined Diplomat South Africa in 2018. Previously, Sean held the position of Supply Chain Executive for Masscash, a division of Massmart. Prior to this, Sean held the role of COO for Transnova, a logistics advisory and transportation management system company. Before that, he also held the position of Director of Operations for L'Oreal Southern Africa with responsibility for Sub-Saharan supply chain activities. Sean also has valuable experience in consulting, systems integration and information technology, having held senior management positions at Super Group, Accenture and Dimension Data.
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.