Leadership

Fabricio Bloisi share profile

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Fabricio Bloisi was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in July 2024. Fabricio was previously CEO and Chairman of the Group’s Brazilian food delivery business, iFood. Under Fabricio’s leadership, iFood has grown to be the leading food delivery business in Latin America, delivering over 90m orders per month and is highly profitable. Fabricio is an innovator, strategist, and entrepreneur, and has spent his entire career working in technology. In 1998, he founded Movile Group, a Brazilian technology investment company, through which Naspers made its initial investment into iFood in 2013. Alongside his work as an entrepreneur, Fabricio created the 1Bi Foundation, a non-profit organisation that supports education through technology to create opportunities for young Brazilians. Fabricio holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, an MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas, and has completed further studies at Harvard Business School and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Nico Marais share profile

Chief Financial Officer

Nico Marais was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer in December 2024. On 29^th April 2025, Nico was officially appointed as CFO, effective immediately.

Nico brings over 25 years of rich experience in financial management within the Naspers and Prosus Group. Previously, he served as the General Manager of Finance, making significant contributions to key initiatives such as the successful listing of Prosus, the unwinding of the crossholdings, the execution of the ongoing open-ended share repurchases, and Prosus's debt capital market activities. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Nico holds an accounting degree from Stellenbosch University.

David Tudor share profile

Group General Counsel

David has advised the Naspers group of companies since 1996. Before joining the group full-time, he was a partner in Mallinicks Attorneys (now Webber Wentzel) and worked in London at two leading international law firms. In 2008 David was appointed Naspers and MIH group senior counsel. In this role, he led the legal teams for the group’s M&A activities in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. After that, David became general counsel of the Allegro Group and was promoted to general counsel: Global Transaction ecommerce at Naspers. Finally, in June 2015, he was appointed General Counsel, Naspers Group.

Gustavo Vitti share profile

GROUP CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

Gustavo Vitti was appointed Group Chief People Officer in July 2024. He joined the group from iFood, where he was Chief People and Sustainability Officer for over four years. Gustavo has diverse experience in logistics, production, planning, and sales, previously holding leadership positions at Kraft Heinz (Latin America and APAC) and ALL - Latin America Logistics. He is also a partner, investor and board member for several Brazilian start-ups. Gustavo holds a Bachelor's degree in physics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, and has completed an Advanced Executive Program in Management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Euro Beinat share profile

GLOBAL HEAD AI AND DATA SCIENCE

Euro joined the Group as the Global Head for AI and Data Science in March 2018. He has spent more than 25 years working as a technology executive and entrepreneur in data science, machine learning and AI. Euro is an active angel investor, with a track record in technology start-ups. He currently holds positions on the Board of Directors for two companies and is co-founder of Data Science for Social Good, a non-profit organisation committed to leveraging data science for societal impact. Euro studied Computer Science and holds a PhD in Economics. He lectures on AI Governance at Insead Business School and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Salzburg.

Fahd Beg share profile

HEAD OF INVESTMENTS

Fahd has held various roles at Prosus and Naspers since 2016 and is currently Head of Investments. He has served on the boards of several leading technology companies, both public and private. His current directorships include iFood and Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL). Fahd will also join the Supervisory Board of Just Eat Takeaway post the transaction closing.

Previously, Fahd was a Managing Director and Head of EMEA Internet at Citigroup where he built and led the European technology investment banking team.

He has an MBA from Insead and a BA from McGill University.

Martin Tschopp share profile

CEO OF PROSUS VENTURES

Martin leads Prosus Ventures where his team identifies new consumer needs that are being transformed by technology, and finds founders and entrepreneurs at companies across the globe who are addressing those needs in the most innovative ways. Prior to this role, as COO of Prosus Ventures/Naspers Ventures, Martin’s primary areas of focus were ventures strategy, assessing investment targets, and supporting our portfolio companies with operating expertise. Prior to Naspers, Martin was CEO of Kiva.org, where he was responsible for bringing the organization to solid operational and financial footing in the years after start-up. Prior to Kiva,  he spent many years leading ecommerce businesses in retail marketplaces, and horizontal & vertical classifieds space. Martin started his working life as a strategy consultant and founded his own private equity business early in his career. Martin holds an MSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and an MBA from INSEAD.

Ali Esfahani share profile

HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS

Ali joined Prosus in February 2022 and currently serves as Head of Special Projects. In his time at the company, he has played a key role in shaping investment strategy, corporate structure, and portfolio construction and rationalization. He also sits on the boards of several Prosus portfolio companies, including Despegar, Dubizzle, OfferUp, and OLX Brazil.

Prior to joining Prosus, Ali spent seven years at Qatalyst, focused on advising consumer technology companies on evaluating strategic alternatives and M&A transactions. During his time at Qatalyst Ali advised on the sales of LinkedIn to Microsoft, Honey and Xoom to PayPal, Fitbit to Google, and Zoox and PillPack to Amazon among other transactions. Prior to joining Qatalyst in 2015, Ali spent nearly six years in the Technology Investment Banking group at Morgan Stanley. While at Morgan Stanley, Ali advised on the IPOs of Facebook and Twitter, and the sales of WhatsApp to Facebook among other transactions.

Originally from Toronto, Ali now lives in San Francisco with his family. He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Nicola McGowan share profile

Chief Communications Officer

Nicola McGowan was appointed Chief Communications Officer in July 2022, taking on responsibility for external communication, reputation management and brand. Prior to joining Prosus, Nicola served as VP, Communications and Sustainability, at Marelli Holdings, a global role, based between Japan and Italy, where she led the communications and sustainability efforts to transform Marelli’s position within the global automotive sector. She previously held senior roles within global advisory firm, FGS, and began her career in banking and finance. Nicola holds a Masters in Business Administration from The University of Edinburgh.

Diego Barreto share profile

HEAD OF PROSUS LATIN AMERICA

Diego is Head of Prosus Latin America, focused on building and expanding the Prosus lifestyle ecommerce ecosystem across the region. He has also served as iFood's CEO since 2024, his leadership anchoring the company's vision and strategy, with a focus on growth and innovation plans, as well as fostering a positive impact through education in the country.

He joined the Movile Group in 2016 and began working at iFood in 2018, when he assumed the roles of CFO and Vice President of Strategy. Previously, he worked at companies such as Suzano Papel e Celulose, OAS Engenharia, AES Brasil, and Lopes Imóveis.

Diego graduated in Law from PUC São Paulo and holds an MBA from IMD Business School. He is the author of two bestselling books: New Economy and The Scientist and the Executive.

Ashutosh Sharma share profile

HEAD OF PROSUS INDIA

Ashutosh leads the lifestyle ecosystem for Prosus in India. In this role, Ashu focuses on identifying and unlocking opportunities to further Prosus as a leading lifestyle ecommerce company in the region. At Prosus, Ashutosh has led investments in Swiggy, Meesho, Eruditus, ElasticRun, PharmEasy, Urban Company and more. Prior to joining Prosus (formerly Naspers Ventures) in 2016, Ashutosh was a Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners investing in companies across a range of sectors. Before that, he was an investment manager with Qualcomm Ventures focusing on Seed and Series A/B internet and mobile startups.

Ashutosh received his MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and his undergraduate degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Roberto Gandolfo share profile

HEAD OF PROSUS EUROPE

Roberto is Head of Prosus Europe, focused on building and expanding the Prosus lifestyle ecommerce ecosystem across the region. Roberto is a senior executive and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in technology and platform businesses. As a key leader at iFood, he helped build Latin America’s largest foodtech company, reaching over 120 million monthly orders, more than 50 million users, and $12 billion in annual volume.

With a background in engineering and executive education from Stanford University, he is known for long-term strategy, innovation, and team leadership. His work empowered 400,000+ delivery partners and 400,000+ merchants.

Christian Gisy share profile

CEO PROSUS CLASSIFIEDS

Anirban Mukherjee share profile

CEO PAYU

Anirban Mukherjee is the CEO of PayU. He brings to the company more than two decades of experience and extensive knowledge of global payments, credit, and digital banking gained across geographies like the US, India, and the broader Asia-Pacific region. 

He has long been at the forefront of a changing financial services landscape and understands the opportunities exceptionally well. Prior to joining PayU, Anirban was part of the leadership team at Jio, where he drove payments, merchant services, and digital financial services serving as the Co-CEO of Reliance Payments Solution Ltd. 

Anirban has previously worked with Standard Chartered Bank in India and APAC, and with CapitalOne as a senior executive leader in the US. He has an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is an alumnus of IIT, Kharagpur.

Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa share profile

CEO Naspers and Executive Director

Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa joined Naspers as South Africa CEO, in July 2019. She is an independent director of Vodacom Group. She serves on the advisory board of Stellenbosch University’s business school. Phuthi also serves on the board of the United Nation’s Global Compact Network SA. She is also a council member of the BRICS Business Council in South Africa.

Before joining Naspers, she was the co- founder and Executive Chairperson of Sigma Capital, an investment holding company formed in 2015. She held the position of CEO at Shanduka Group, an investment holding company from 2004 to 2015.

Prior, she was the Head of the Project Finance South Africa business unit at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Early in her career, Phuthi worked in New York at Fieldstone, an international firm specialising in the financing of infrastructure assets. She later transferred to the South African office, where she served as a Vice President.

In 2020, Phuthi ranked number 42 in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International list. In May 2016 Phuthi became a member of the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni. She has been awarded several accolades such as CNBC Africa’s All Africa Business Leaders “Woman of the Year Award” in 2019 and the Forbes Woman Africa “Businesswoman of the Year” Award in 2014. In 2013, she was awarded a “Distinguished Achievement” Award by The Douglass Society, and the Africa Investors recognised her as a “Leading Africa Woman in Business of the Year” in 2012. In 2011, Rutgers University conferred on her the “Rutgers Vision of Excellence Award”.

In 2009, she was awarded the “Most Influential Woman in Government and Business” by Financial Services. The Wall Street Journal counted her among the “Top 50 women in the world to watch”. Phuthi was also selected as a Global Young Leader in 2007 by the World Economic Forum. She was awarded “Top in Project Finance, 2003” by the Association of Black Securities & Investment Professionals.

Phuthi completed a BA Economics from Rutgers University, USA in 1993, and an MBA from De Montfort University in the UK in 1996. She also completed the Kennedy School of Government Executive Education programme “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century” at Harvard University in 2008.

Charles Searle share profile

CEO prosus Internet Listed Assets

Charles is responsible for the group's listed internet assets, including Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese internet company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He joined the Naspers group in 1998 in Hong Kong, where he held the position of chief investment officer for the group’s internet division. Before joining Naspers, Charles held senior corporate finance and M&A positions at Cable & Wireless, Hong Kong Telecom and Deloitte. Charles is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Lynelle Bagwandeen share profile

Group Company Secretary & Head of Global Company Secretariat

Lynelle Bagwandeen is the Group Company Secretary & Head of Global Company Secretariat (Prosus and Naspers Limited). She joined the global technology group in August 2020. Prior to this appointment, she served as Group Company Secretary and General Counsel of Netcare Limited and was on its executive committee since 2012. She is also the information officer for Naspers Limited. She previously worked in banking and finance, holding governance and legal advisory roles at Absa and Standard Bank. She is a qualified and admitted attorney and holds an FCG, LLM, LLB (summa cum laude) and BSc from the University of Natal and University of Witwatersrand respectively. Her non-executive roles include acting as a director of the Hospital Association of South Africa and is the past president of the Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa, of which she is also a fellow.