Relebohile Mosaletseng-Malahleha

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Job Title: Group finance director

Company: Barloworld

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Relebohile Mosaletseng-Malahleha is the group finance director at Barloworld.

Before taking on her current role in 2025, she served as the executive of strategic finance and treasury at the same organisation. During this time, she continued her role as finance director and chief financial officer at Avis Budget Southern Africa, a position she had held since 2015.

Prior to this, she spent 15 years as a partner at KPMG, providing technical accounting advice to audit and advisory clients across the education, mining, manufacturing, and government sectors.

Earlier in her career, she served as the chief director of national accounts at the National Treasury of South Africa.

Relebohile holds a BAcc in accounting from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and completed an executive education programme at Harvard Business School. She is a qualified chartered accountant, CA(SA), with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

Work:

2025 – Present      Group finance director, Barloworld

2020 – 2026           Executive strategic finance and treasury, Barloworld

2015 – 2026           Finance director and CFO, Avis Budget Southern Africa

2007 – 2022           Partner, KPMG

2004 – 2008          Chief director of national accounts, National Treasury of South Africa

Education:

2023 – 2023          Executive education programme, Harvard Business School

2001 – 2002          BAcc in accounting, University of KwaZulu-Natal 

About the company: Barloworld is positioned as an industrial processing, distribution and services company with two primary areas of focus: Industrial Equipment and Services and Consumer Industries (food and ingredient solutions).

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