Tladi has been a Director of Companies for several years. He is the current chairman of Merchant West Holdings, Utho Capital SMME Infrastructure Fund, Toll Infrastructure Service, South Coast Stone Crushers and the Digmin Group. He is the former Chairman of Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Limited (ECIC), and Kelvin Power Holdings. He served for six years as the CEO of the J&J Group, an investment management company. He has been involved in project development and implementation for over the past 23 years, in partnership with top Construction Companies in South Africa with capabilities and experience in construction-related Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). Tladi holds an MA degree (with a functional concentration in Development Economics) from Columbia University in the City of New York and a BA degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, USA. He completed his GCE O Levels at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) in Morogoro, Tanzania and Matriculated in Dennilton, Limpopo.