About Me

As CEO of Azizi & Partners and of World Fuel Group Mr. Azizi has ultimate responsibility for all affairs of the organization. He has many years experience within the fuel and energy sector as well as numerous years of working with other commodities. Mr. Azizi has been at the helm of the successful acquisition of Azizi Petroleum and Cathay Petroleum and developed huge uplifts in sustained profitability and acquisition activity.

Mr. Azizi is excited by the prospects of developing the brands within the group and contributing to the continued success of all group companies. Other interests include being President of several other companies within the Finance, Food & Beverage and Tobacco industries for which Mr. Azizi has also brought the experience required to also generate continued success. An example of this is this is the ‘Boss Cigarettes’ brand which is making huge strides in this highly competitive marketplace.

Payiza will leverage Selaiman Azizi's existing presence in key African markets where Selaiman's role will primarily be to facilitate approvals from Central Banks and Regulatory Authorities. When asked why he chose Payiza he said, "over the last year I've met multiple challenges with banking in the markets we operate in Africa, we needed business transactions to be simpler, more seamless and efficient for us to conduct business faster with security and confidence.