Seelan Gobalsamy

Chief Executive Officer, Omnia

Seelan Gobalsamy is Chief Executive Officer of Omnia, in the role since 2019.

Omnia Holdings is a South African group in agriculture, mining explosives and chemicals. Gobalsamy, a financial services veteran, was appointed from the board after a year as a non-executive director, and Omnia paid R1.2 billion to shareholders for the year to March 2026.

In the job

  1. Omnia reported its mining explosives division grew revenue 3 percent to R4.84 billion for the six months to September 2025 while building operations in Canada and Australia. Source

  2. Omnia paid a special dividend and a total distribution of R1.2 billion to shareholders after annual earnings grew by more than a fifth. Source

Career before

  1. Non-executive director, Omnia Holdings

Sources

  1. businessday.co.za
  2. businessday.co.za
  3. iol.co.za

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