South Africa, February 2026 — RCL FOODS has announced that Tshepo Yvonne Mosadi has started a new position as Human Resources Director. In this leadership role, she will be responsible for advancing the organization’s people strategy and strengthening talent, culture, capability, and workforce effectiveness across a major South African food manufacturing enterprise.
With deep HR leadership experience across food, FMCG, automotive, logistics, and beverages, Tshepo brings strong expertise in people strategy, employee relations, labor law, talent and capability development, workforce transformation, and high-performance culture building. Her appointment reflects RCL FOODS’ continued focus on creating opportunities for employment, belonging, and growth while strengthening business outcomes through empowered people leadership.
Before joining RCL FOODS as Human Resources Director, Tshepo Yvonne Mosadi served for nearly 2 years as Chief People Officer at Daybreak Foods, where she led the people agenda in a hybrid environment in South Africa.
Prior to Daybreak Foods, she held the role of Executive HR Director at Hyundai Automotive South Africa for under a year, based in Bedfordview, Gauteng, contributing to strategic HR direction and business partnership in the automotive sector.
Earlier, Tshepo spent over 3 years with The HEINEKEN Company as Human Resources Director, based in Sandton, Johannesburg. In this role, she led the people function with a high-performing team, developed and executed people strategy aligned to business vision, strengthened talent and capability development while embracing diversity and inclusion, and served as an ambassador of people internally and externally. She also managed the personnel budget, led cost and value management linked to OpCo personnel costs and P&L monitoring, oversaw compensation and benefits, guided employee relations to enable a conducive work environment, and provided strategic leadership for health and safety as a workforce priority. In addition, she drove centers of excellence across wellness strategy, employee experience, EVP, strategic sourcing, succession management, and compensation and benefits, while implementing change programs and supporting the OpCo transformation agenda including BBBEE.
She also previously served at Hyundai Automotive South Africa as HR Director, where she led people strategy, translated business strategy into operational HR plans, built talent management strategy and EVP, drove a high-performance culture, strengthened employee relations strategy in a highly unionized environment, and managed stakeholder relations with key labor institutions including bargaining structures and regulatory bodies.
Earlier in her career, Tshepo held the role of HR Executive at IMPERIAL Retail Logistics, providing strategic HR leadership for a consumer-packaged goods workforce of over 8,000 employees nationwide, leading a team of 43 HR staff with multiple direct reports, while driving hiring, training, benefits, policy governance, culture, and labor law adherence.
Importantly, Tshepo also brings prior experience with RCL FOODS, where she served for over 4 years as Senior Human Resources Business Partner – Inland Region, building strong familiarity with the organization’s operating environment and workforce context. She also held roles at IMPERIAL Group (Executive Human Capital), Pioneer Foods (Regional HR Manager), Edcon (Regional HR Manager), LabourNet (HR Specialist/Consultant), SASBO – The Finance Union (Membership Services Officer & Regional Trainer with IR specialization), and earlier HR roles including HR Officer at Berco Express and HR Assistant at Landelahni Recruitment.
Education
Tshepo Yvonne Mosadi holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from MANCOSA (2015). She also completed a PGD Certificate in Labour Dispute Resolution Program (Labour Law) from Stellenbosch University (2019), strengthening her expertise in labor relations and dispute resolution in highly unionized operating environments.
About RCL FOODS
RCL FOODS is one of South Africa’s leading food manufacturers, producing a broad basket of branded and private label products across categories ranging from household staples to value-added and speciality offerings. The company has a market capitalisation of R13 billion and employs more than 21,000 people across South and Southern Africa.
RCL FOODS has acquired several businesses with deep South African roots and well-known brands, enabling diversification and expanded reach. Its portfolio includes iconic brands such as Selati sugar, Supreme flour, Rainbow and Farmer Brown chicken, Pieman’s pies, Mageu Number 1, Ouma Rusks, Yum Yum peanut butter, Catmor, Canine Cuisine, and Molatek animal feed.
Deeply rooted in South Africa, RCL FOODS is guided by a purpose-led culture of empowerment and accountability, with uncompromising integrity. The organization strives to responsibly create opportunities for employment, belonging and growth, while doing more to strengthen communities and the environment—driving meaningful change that creates impact.
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