Tyrone Naidoo

Senior Business and Commercial Leader with 12+ years' experience driving large-scale capital projects, commercial strategy, and operational transformation across the oil and gas, and financial services sectors. Proven track record in R250m+ CAPEX delivery, contract negotiation, cost optimisation, and cross-functional leadership. MBA-qualified with strong stakeholder engagement at executive and board level, and a passion for building sustainable business models for the future.

Strategic Manager: Business Development at Air Products SA (2025-10 – Present)

• Creation of new supply for the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) liquids market in SADC regions (R1.6 – R2Billion), predominantly servicing the FMCG beverage industry
• Developing market entry strategies for Green Hydrogen across SADC regions, supporting long-term decarbonisation and energy transition objectives
• Preparing board-level investment cases and financial models to support strategic growth opportunities
• Safeguarding current businesses from competition using strategic positioning and market insights

Projects and Commercial Interface Manager at Air Products SA (2020-01 – 2025-09)

• Led commercial evaluations, supplier selection, and contract negotiations to optimise lifecycle cost and risk
• Owned end-to-end commercial and technical delivery of capital projects across mining, energy and steel sectors
• Managed comprehensive project delivery including CAPEX governance and risk management
• Internal and external senior stakeholder management
• Team leadership for project task prioritisation, commercial decision-making and execution

Continuous Improvement Engineer at Air Products SA (2016-05 – 2019-12)

• Establishing, implementing and overseeing KPIs for effective systems and processes
• Driving CI culture, data analysis, production and operational management
• Specialising in management of change across the organisation using data-driven decision-making
• Planning and managing team performance, talent and culture to improve innovation, achieve efficiencies and increase competencies
• Operations management of water utilities across all sites nationally

Senior Business Analyst / Business Analyst at NuPay (Division of Altron) (2014-03 – 2016-04)

• Consulting for multiple retail banks to develop their payments ecosystems by building white label products and platform capabilities
• Leading design and implementation of a ground-breaking ATM solution and mobile payment application, enhancing customer payment experiences and operational efficiency
• Collaborating with the Payment Association of South Africa (PASA) and South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to develop a new payments platform, replacing out-dated systems and driving industry innovation
• Managing internal business process re-engineering projects, including the development of automated onboarding platforms and innovative payment solutions for the unbanked sector with prepaid card solutions

Manager at Family-owned construction firm

Managed a family-owned construction firm with over 160 employees for 9 months, gaining valuable experience in leadership, operational management and industry specific knowledge.

Master of Business Administration in Management Consulting – Gordon institute of business science (GIBS) (2022-09 – 2023-11)

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and General Management – Gordon institute of business science (GIBS) (2022-01 – 2022-09)

BSc Chemical Engineering in Chemical Engineering – University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) (2008-01 – 2012-12)