Raj Modi fact sheet

Name: Rajesh Kumar Indukant Modi

Date of birth: 4 February 1959

Place of birth: India

Marital status: Married with three children and two grandson

Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati and very basic local language

Nationality: Zimbabwean

Major Achievements
Raj Modi has won a number of business awards in his own right, not to mention those that have been won by the company that he is a Director of. Some of the awards are detailed below.

– Awarded the Regional Centre for Social Responsibility for Best SME Social Responsibility Initiative awarded in April 2013 for the year 2012.

-Global Award for Perfection, Quality and Ideal Performance awarded on 19 November 2012 by Otherways Management.

-38th International Award for Leadership in Image and Quality in recognition of its commitment to Quality and Business Excellence for the year 2012 by Global Trade Leaders Club 5 November 2012.

-Newsday People’s Choice Awards Social Services Category in 2012.

– Megafest Business Awards Life Time Achievement Award for 2012.

-Megafest Business Awards 2nd Runner Up Best Social Responsible Organisation of the Year for 2012.

– Megafest Business Awards Zimbabwe’s Top 20 Outstanding Business Personalities of 2012.

– Awarded the International Award for Business Excellence for the year 2011 Global Trade Leaders in Spain 25th June 2012.

– Awarded in 2012 Business Man of the Year Award for the year 2011 Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Matabeleland Region.

-Awarded in 2012 Manager of the Year Second Runner Up for the year 2011 Zimbabwe Institute of Management.

– Awarded the three prizes in 2011 Megafest Business Awards, Business Man of the Year, Great Business Minds and First Position for Social Responsibility.

-Awarded the three prizes in 2010 Megafest Business Awards, Business Man of the Year, First Position for Best Marketed Organisation and Second Prize for Social Responsibility Programme.

– First runners up of ZNCC 2010 Business Man of the Year.

– First runners up of ZNCC 2010 Social Responsibility Programme.

-Won the Megafest Best Marketed organisation award in 2009.

– The Managing Director Raj Modi was voted Mr Spar Retail in the year 2000.

– Bellevue Spar had a customer who won a grand prize of a Mazda B1800 truck in a Spar promotion in the year 2000.

Appointments
2012 — Chief Executive Office of the Sports and Recreation Commission, Matabeleland Region

2012 — Board Member of the Bulawayo Publicity Association

2012 — Member of the Finance Committee of the Bulawayo Publicity Association

2009-2011 — General Manager of Zimbabwe Youth Games Bulawayo Metropolitan Province

2003-2007 — Board Member of Ingwebu Breweries

Current projects (2016-2018)

-Manufacturing of alcoholic beverages, modivine, Everest, etc, employs 60 people