Gadodia became joint chief executive of Petra in February 2025 after Richard Duffy's sudden exit, sharing the role with Juan Kemp, and both were made permanent after the November 2025 AGM. A chemical engineer who spent 15 years at Sasol, he joined Petra in 2021 as head of corporate development and led its debt restructuring. In 2026 he has had to contend with a collapse in smaller-diamond prices that pushed the Finsch mine into business rescue.
