Tlhabi Ntlha is the Executive for Leasing Operations at Avis Budget Southern Africa. The qualified chartered accountant joined the Barloworld Group in 2012 as part of the CA Training Programme, an opportunity which saw her working in Barloworld Corporate Office, Barloworld Equipment, Barloworld Internal Audit Services as well as Avis Fleet.

Upon completing her CA Training Programme, Tlhabi was appointed as the Financial Manager for Avis Fleet Namibia and Botswana in 2015. She then moved into a Strategy Analyst role in 2016 before assuming the role of Executive: Strategy for Avis Fleet in 2017. She has held positions in Business Excellence as part of deploying the Barloworld Business System lean leadership framework.

Having worked on a number of strategic growth projects across the Barloworld Group, including the Barloworld Group transformational growth strategy which culminated in defining the 2026 Bold Ambition, she became an executive at the age of 28. She was also active in co-designing and introducing a new Group operating model which governs how issues and opportunities are prioritised and executed with the Group. Tlhabi is a highly motivated, dynamic professional, who strives to bring a different perspective in anything she works on, continuously challenging the status quo.

Litha Carl Nkombisa is currently the Commercial Executive: Private Sector & Partnerships at Avis Budget Southern Africa. He has diverse business experience, spanning over 27 years. He joined the Barloworld Group on 1 October 2007 when he was appointed Chief Executive of Barloworld Motor Retail and as one of the strategic black empowerment partners in Barloworld Ltd’s BBBEE transaction. Since then he has fulfilled various executive and board roles at Barloworld Automotive, Barloworld Logistics, Avis Fleet, Avis Budget Rent a Car, Salvage Management & Disposals and at Barloworld South Africa

Prior to joining Barloworld, Litha worked for a number of blue-chip companies including, BMW Finance in Munich, Germany, in their International Marketing and International Risk divisions as well as a Risk Manager at BMW Finance South Africa, BMW as a Dealer Principal, General Motors, responsible for Dealer Business Management & Dealer Development as well as Nedbank Corporate as the Head of the BEE Portfolio.

Some of his accolades include being voted as the top Corporate Banker in South Africa for 2002/3 by the Association of Black Securities & Investment Professionals (ABSIP).

He obtained his qualifications from the University of the Witwatersrand and University of South Africa, including management and executive development programmes from the University of Stellenbosch Business School and Gordon Institute of Business Science.

Thobeka is the Chief Financial Officer of Avis Fleet. She joined Barloworld in February 2018 as Finance Director for Logistics: Supply Chain Management.

She is a Chartered Accountant with more than 10 years’ experience in such industries as manufacturing, FMCG and logistics, having worked for companies like Sasol and Coca-Cola. Thobeka specialises in financial management in complex organisations and has a distinct ability to simplify the complex – to break issues down and work through them systematically.

Thobeka holds various leadership qualifications in addition to her two post-graduate degrees in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2015, she was a finalist in the prestigious SAICA Top 35 under-35 CAs – an accolade that identified her as one of the best young chartered accountants in the country.

From 2013 to 2019, Thobeka served as an Audit Committee member for the Robben Island Museum. This post reflects her passion for preserving our heritage and ensuring that our national monuments are well-managed for future generations.

Rebone Motsatsi, Executive: Car Rental, is an Industrial Engineering graduate from the University of Johannesburg and has completed both the Barloworld Leadership and Executive Development programmes at the University of Pretoria’s , Gordon’s Institute of Business Science  (GIBS). After almost 8 years in the Public Sector,  he joined Barloworld, where he has been for 12 years and performed various roles within the Group. He joined Avis Budget Southern Africa as Executive: Commercial in 2016, responsible for the Rent a Car operations in the Regional Countries as well as the growth of the Avis Value Added Products (Vans and Truck rental, Luxury cars and Chauffeur driven services)  in South Africa.

Rebone is also a member of the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IODSA), and serves on a number of boards within the Group.  He brings a wealth of experience to the Leadership team and hopes to inspire the next generation of Leaders through coaching and mentoring.

Claudine Ebrahim is the Executive: Used Cars. She began her career at Avis in 1997, working her way up from being an administrator in Car Sales to embarking on a management trainee program, Regional Manager, Regional Operations Manager, General Manager Rental Operations North and on to her current position.

She holds various strategic qualifications including a certificate in Barloworld Leadership from Gordon Institute of Business Science as well as a certificate in Management from Rhodes Business School.