Executive Leadership & Advisory Bench

Leadership & Professional Team

Seasoned practitioners combining strategic foresight, corporate governance, transaction advisory, and hands-on operational delivery across Southern Africa.

Peter Mokgotho, Chief Executive Officer of Arusha Development Partners
Peter Mokgotho Chief Executive Officer
Managing Principal & Chief Executive Officer

Peter Mokgotho

Arusha Development Partners

Academic & Executive Qualifications

  • National Diploma Commercial Practice Tshwane University of Technology
  • General Management Programme (GMP) Business School Netherlands

Peter Mokgotho is an accomplished management strategist and business improvement practitioner with over 25 years of consulting and executive experience across the public and private sectors in South Africa. As Managing Principal and CEO, he leads high-level business advisory engagements across executive, municipal, and board levels.

He specialises in implementing strategic initiatives underpinned by change management, with proven expertise in corporate governance frameworks, organizational restructuring, business intelligence, enterprise development, and operational efficiency improvements.

His career spans leadership assignments for small, medium, and large organisations across South Africa, combining visionary governance with hands-on delivery to translate complex challenges into practical, sustainable institutional outcomes.

Career Highlights & Track Record

Principal Consultant – Phoenix International Commercial Director – Mazwita Developments Director & CEO – Arusha Development Partners

Areas of Core Expertise

Management Strategy & Advisory Corporate Governance & Turnaround Project Management Engineering Enterprise Development Business Intelligence Systems Change Management & Delivery
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Consulting Principals

Lead & Specialist Consultants

Senior advisory professionals bringing specialized domain depth in transaction advisory, economic policy, and institutional capacity building.

Eddie Makgoka - Lead Consultant
Lead Consultant

Eddie Makgoka

Founder & CEO, Makgoka Development Facilitation (MDF)

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • National Diploma in Commercial Practice – Tshwane University of Technology
  • Bachelor of Technology in Business Administration – UNISA
  • Master of Technology in Business Administration – UNISA

Eddie Makgoka is a serial entrepreneur and experienced development and transaction advisory professional with approximately 25 years of experience. He is the founder and CEO of Makgoka Development Facilitation (MDF), a multidisciplinary transaction advisory firm.

His professional track record spans consulting engagements involving listed companies, state-owned entities, local and district municipalities, municipal entities, and SMMEs.

Areas of Core Expertise

Institutional & Human Capacity Building Training & Advisory Municipal & Corporate Governance Investment Facilitation Capital Raising Enterprise & Economic Development Project Management Strategy Development
Muzi Maziya - Strategy & Research Consultant
Strategy & Research Consultant

Muzi Maziya

Economic Development Advisor

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – University of the Witwatersrand
  • MSc Development Economics – University of London

Muzi Maziya is an economist with more than 20 years of experience as an Economic Development Advisor, specialising in improving the competitiveness of regions, industries and firms.

His career includes advisory work with senior government leaders, municipalities, business associations and community organisations. He has served in senior management positions within government institutions and has led strategic consulting assignments for international organisations and private companies.

Areas of Core Expertise

Economic Analysis & Research Enterprise Development & Supplier Growth Finance & Investment Facilitation Labour Market & Skills Development Climate Change & Resilience Strategies Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Regional Competitiveness Strategy
Multidisciplinary Delivery Model

Specialist Associate Network

Arusha Development Partners operates around a seasoned core team of executive principals, scalable to assignments of any magnitude through a vetted multidisciplinary network of specialist associates. Our associate bench includes experts across engineering, infrastructure economics, municipal finance, environmental governance, and community law.

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