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WOODFORD GROUP
Full Name of Company: Woodford Group customers, stakeholders, and the broader community,
Date Established: 1991 ensuring a lasting impact in South Africa and beyond,
with our ultimate vision to become the best and most
Customer Base: Public, Private, Commercial, trusted mobility company in South Africa.
B-BBEE Status: Level 1 KEY PERSONNEL
Subsidiaries: Woodford Car Hire, Woodford Car CEO: Essa Ebrahim Suleman
Trade, Woodford Leasing, Enterprise Mobility, Alamo, Chief Operations Officer: Pravesh Premdutt
National Car Rental Chief Strategy Officer: Yacoob Paruk
Chief Financial Officer: Mohammed Kaka
VISION Chief People Officer: Kim Colbert
To transform the mobility landscape of Africa by setting
new benchmarks and expanding horizons. We strive to CONTACT DETAILS
anticipate future mobility needs, innovate proactively, Physical Address: 1 Intersite Avenue, Umgeni Business
leverage our experience, and improve daily in order Park, Durban, 4001
to keep people moving and growing. By actively Tel: 0860 999 500
contributing to and shaping the industry’s future, the E-mail: info@woodford.co.za
Woodford Group aims to deliver significant value to our Website: www.woodford.co.za
A FOCUS ON SERVICE EXCELLENCE
For over 30 years, the Woodford Group has been a
leading service provider of mobility solutions in
South Africa.
The Woodford Group began in 1991 as a single-
location, car sales and car rental company that
provided affordable options to customers with a
focus on service excellence.
Today, Woodford remains a privately-held entity,
that has expanded into a national mobility solutions
company, with a global reach and world-class
systems, providing services that include:
Vehicle rental
Vehicle leasing
Vehicle sales, trade, and auction
A range of ancillary services
In 2023, Woodford partnered with Enterprise
Mobility – the largest vehicle rental company in the
world – which bolstered its offerings and services,
providing Woodford with the platform to expand its
footprint in South Africa. The agreement includes
the first right of refusal option for expansion into
six neighbouring countries within Southern Africa.
Woodford’s differentiator has been its approach
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