Friday, November 18, 2011

Angelo Agrizzi: Chief Operating Officer Bosasa Group

With fourteen years experience at executive level straddling both public and private sector, new age, Chief Operating Officer, Angelo Agrizzi, has demonstrated a faultless navigational role in challenging and turbulent climates. Angelo Agrizzi has pioneered successful resilience systems to accommodate rapidly changing socio economic environments. These unique models include capacity building, full facilities management, procurement, compliance, high security applications, project management and human resource management. Angelo Agrizzi’s primary client is the board of Bosasa to whom he reports. With clear directives from the board he has specialised in complex tender management. His mandate from the board is always to articulate the needs of the client without compromising bilateral strategic objectives. With tender design traditionally structured by clients to meet urgent short term requirements, Angelo Agrizzi is required to interpret expanding basic tender requirements to meet future contingencies, which in turn are always aligned to the Bosasa vision.

Angelo Agrizzi is a staunch Bosasa team member. He relies heavily on inputs from the board to fulfill his mandate. With input from Media & Communications Director, Papa Leshabane he is able to plan personnel logistics to satisfy the needs of major clients. Insights from head of Sondolo, Ishmael Mncwaba, provide direction for public service clients DCS and the Department of justice. Joe Gumede keeps abreast of security trends which keeps Bosasa at the leading edge. Jackie Leyds and Thandi Makoko with their social science backgrounds have contributed handsomely to understanding of socio- demographics in planning strategy.

With this level of team support, Angelo Agrizzi is noted for visionary strategic scenario planning in the interests of all stakeholders. All final products contain economic value additions, going beyond client expectations. The resilience of his leadership style, robust strategic thinking and expert win-win negotiation skills coupled to rapid decision making to capture strategic opportunities has resulted in significant savings to clients and reduction of risk. His rapid and effective response to strategic inflection points where fundamental changes to business strategy are required sets Angelo Agrizzi and the Bosasa executive leadership team apart from any competitor in their field. The integrated team approach is a welcome shift from traditional rigid models which have previously disadvantaged clients through inadequate planning. This team marries rare leadership ability and strategy with operational expertise.

This fully integrated leadership team’s prowess at managing specialised business units from whom they command bilateral loyalty and commitment, can be attributed to a leadership style of daily seeking, quantifying and responding to employee input on large and small issues.Angelo Agrizzi engenders respect through his consistent tenacity. He is respected for his hands on approach, accessibility, transparency, integrity, understanding of all operational roles and functions and detailed follow through from pre- procurement to final delivery. Angelo Agrizzi creates two-way cross boundary communication networks and routinely uses these networks for decision making and operational effectiveness.

Angelo Agrizzi also adds structured value to all stakeholders. He consciously creates developmental paths for motivated participants who demonstrate talent for higher leadership contributions. Together with Director Papa Leshabane, Agrizzi drives practical, Action Learning, management training at the Watson Institute of Business Leadership situated at head office. This service is rendered for clients who normally would not have access to cutting edge management tools and experience sourced by our Research and Development division.

Angelo Agrizzi preserves and builds long term successful partnerships. Having actively led the establishment of a technology division within the group with a turnover in excess of ZAR500 million per annum, he has made knowledge management both a science and an art form. The Bosasa leadership team has been a sine quo non to this hallmark achievement.

Trevor Mathenjwa

Carol Oliveria

Joe Gumede

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