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MURIEL DUBE

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board

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MURIEL DUBE
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board
  • BA (Human Sciences, BA (Hons) (Politics), MSc (Human Sciences and Politics)
  • South African
  • Born 1972
  • Appointed to the Board in 2018
  • Member Nomination and Governance Committee

Ms Dube holds a MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University. She served in, among others, roles of Director: Atmospheric Protection and Chemicals Management at the then Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Chief Negotiator on behalf of the Government of the Republic of South Africa in climate change negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Sustainability Manager at BHP Billiton, worked as Vice President at SFM, a London-based forestry and carbon business and held various positions at Anglo American. She was an Investment Banker at Investec plc, London, Group Commercial Director at Bidvest Group and the Chief Executive of Nozala Investments. She is a Non-Executive Director of the UK Infrastructure Bank and serves on its Remuneration, Audit and Risk and Nomination and Governance Committees. She previously served as Non-executive Director of Control Risks and as Chairman of its Audit Committee, Apogee UK, Vodacom South Africa, Bidvest Group Limited, PG Group, Bravo Brands and Fluormin plc and EnviroServ.

Simon Baloyi

Sasol Limited

Executive Director and President and Chief Executive Officer

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Simon Baloyi
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and President and Chief Executive Officer
  • MSC Engineering (Chemical), MSc Engineering Management, INSEAD Management Programme and Harvard Management Programme
  • South African
  • Born 1976
  • Member of Capital investment Committee and Safety Social and Ethics Committee

Mr Baloyi was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Sasol Limited on 1 April 2024. Prior to his appointment, he was Executive Vice President of Sasol’s Energy Operations and Technology in 2022. He was responsible for Sasol’s entire Energy Operations portfolio which comprised all downstream operations and related infrastructure as well as Technology, Projects and Engineering, Procurement and Sasol EcoFT. This portfolio included Sasol’s operating facilities in Secunda – which are divided into a synthetic fuel and a chemicals component, as well as in Sasolburg and Ekandustria. Natref, Sasol’s joint-venture inland refinery with Total SA, was also in his area of responsibility. Since joining Sasol in 2002, he has held various management positions in maintenance, technical and general management fields in Sasol’s South African Operations. He was the Vice President, Operations, Sasol Synfuels (the operations in Secunda) from 2015 to 2017, whereafter he was appointed as Vice President, Engineering, Centralised Maintenance and Operations. Subsequently he was appointed as the Senior Vice President, Secunda Chemicals Operations and Senior Vice President, Regional Operations and Asset Services prior to being appointed as Executive Vice President.

WALT BRUNS

Sasol Limited

Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

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WALT BRUNS
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
  • Bachelor of Commerce degree, CA (SA)
  • South African
  • Born: 1981
  • Appointed to the Board in 2024

Before his appointment as executive director and Chief Financial Officer of Sasol Limited on 1 September 2024, Mr Bruns was the Chief Financial Officer of Sasol Southern Africa including Energy and Chemicals. He has been with Sasol for 15 years and has held a variety of senior management positions, including more than three years as Chief Financial Officer of Sasol’s global chemicals business. Prior to Sasol, he worked for Deloitte in South Africa and the United States of America. Mr Bruns has extensive global experience in both the chemicals and energy sectors and is a certified chartered accountant in South Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Stellenbosch and post graduate diplomas from the University of Cape Town. 

VUYO KAHLA

Sasol Limited

Executive Director and Executive Vice President: Commercial and Legal

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VUYO KAHLA
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Executive Vice President: Commercial and Legal
  • BA, LLB
  • South African
  • Born 1970
  • Appointed to the Board in 2019
  • Member of the Capital Investment Committee, and Safety, Social and Ethics Committee

Mr Kahla was appointed to the Sasol Group Executive Committee on 1 January 2011 and is Sasol’s Executive Vice President, Commercial and Legal. He also served as the Company Secretary of Sasol Limited between 2011 and 2019, prior to his appointment as a director of Sasol Limited to the Sasol Board in November 2019. Previously he served on the Group Executive Committee of Transnet SOC Limited and on the Africa Executive Committee of Standard Bank. He also held various roles in the Government of the Republic of South Africa, including Assistant Legal Advisor to President Nelson Mandela and Director responsible for Corporate Strategy and Transformation at the Department of Justice. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge’s Prince of Wales Programme on Sustainability Leadership, and the Chairman of the Council of Rhodes University, South Africa.

STANLEY SUBRAMONEY

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director

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STANLEY SUBRAMONEY
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
  • B Compt (Hons) (Accounting Science), CA (SA)
  • South African
  • Born 1958
  • Appointed to the Board in 2021
  • Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee

Mr. Subramoney has expertise in accounting and auditing and has worked for companies expanding into emerging economies. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he was appointed Audit Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and thereafter, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for PwC Southern Africa and member of the Southern Africa Executive Committee. Throughout his 27 years in the audit profession, he led complex assignments including representing the firm in several African and global organisational structures. These roles provided him with extensive international exposure with global clients.He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Menston Holdings, a black-owned diversified investment company established in 2015 which focuses on the food and agriculture, construction and technology sectors. He is also an independent non-executive director on Nedbank Group’s Board and is its Audit Committee Chairperson.

MANUEL CUAMBE

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director

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MANUEL CUAMBE
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
  • BEng, Post-graduate Certificate in Management Studies
  • Mozambican
  • Born 1962
  • Appointed to the Board in 2016
  • Member of the Safety, Social and Ethics Committee, Capital Investment Committee, and Remuneration Committee

Mr Cuambe is the Managing Director of MC lnvestimentos and Consultoria. He served as the executive chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Electricadade de Moçambique (EDM) from November 2005 to March 2012. He was the chairman of Companhia Electrica do Zambeze, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDM up to 30 May 2016.  He was a non-executive director of Companhia de Transmissao de Mozambique, a joint venture between EDM, the Swaziland Electricity Company and Eskom, from 1998 to 2002.  He served as the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Africa Power Pool from November 2005 to April 2008 and is currently an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Mozambique and serves as the chairman of its Nominations and Remunerations Committee and member of its Audit Committee.  In 2023, he was also appointed as chairman of Standard Bank Sociedade Gestora Do Fundo De Pensões, S.A, a subsidiary of Standard Bank S.A. (SBM – Mozambique).

TRIX KENNEALY

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director

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TRIX KENNEALY
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
  • BCom (Accountancy) (Hons)
  • South African
  • Born 1958
  • Appointed to the Board in 2017
  • Chairman of Audit Committee and member of the Capital Investment Committee, and Nomination and Governance Committee

Ms. Kennealy qualified as a chartered accountant in 1982 and she served as the Chief Financial Officer of the South African Revenue Service from January 2009 until her retirement in December 2013. Before that she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Absa Corporate and Business Bank from 2006 to 2009. Her previous senior financial management positions were at Absa Bank, BHP Billiton South Africa, Samancor Chrome and Foodcorp. Ms. Kennealy also chaired the Accounting Standards Board in South Africa from 2012 to 2018. She is the lead independent director of the Standard Bank Group and the chairman of its Audit and Remuneration committees. She also serves on the Board of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited.

MARTINA FLÖEL

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director and Lead Independent Director

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MARTINA FLÖEL
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director and Lead Independent Director
  • MSc (Chemistry), PhD (Chemistry)
  • German
  • Born 1960
  • Appointed to the Board in 2018
  • Chairman of the Capital Investment Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee, Safety, Social and Ethics Committee, and Nomination and Governance Committee

Dr Flöel holds a MSc in Chemistry from the University of Frankfurt and a PhD in Chemistry from the Technische Universität München (University of Munich). With 30 years’ experience in the chemicals industry in roles covering chemical and process research and development, technical innovations, technologies, operations and industrial supply chain, she is a seasoned industrial leader. She concluded her executive leadership career as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of OXEA Holdings. She is currently a non-executive director of Synthomer Plc and previously served on the Boards of Carl Bechem GmbH and NESTE Corporation.

KATHY HARPER

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director

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KATHY HARPER
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
  • BSc (Industrial Management), MBA
  • American
  • Appointed to the Board in 2020
  • Member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Capital investment Committee

Ms Harper is the retired Chief Financial Officer of BDP International, a leading privately-held global logistics and transportation solutions company. She has an MBA and a certificate in cyber security oversight from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).  She is the Chairman of Venator Materials PLC and also serves as a non-executive director and audit committee chairman for Modine (NYSE MOD) and for the American Lung Association. She has most recently served as the Interim CFO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  Prior to BDP, she was the Chief Financial Officer of a produce freshness solutions company. She has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tronox, the Chief Financial and Business Development Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds and Minerals Group.  She has served as an audit committee chairman for Lydall, (NYSE LDL) and non-executive director for Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa, as well as for Hydrogen Energy, a former Rio Tinto/BP joint venture in London.

Tim Cumming

Sasol Limited

Independent Non-Executive Director

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Tim Cumming
Sasol Limited
Independent Non-Executive Director
  • BSc (Hons) Engineering
  • BA, MA (Politics, Philosophy and Economics)
  • South African
  • Born 1957
  • Member of the Capital Investment Committee, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Safety, Social and Ethics Committee

Mr Cumming is the chairman of DRDGOLD Limited, a non-executive director of Sibanye-Stillwater Limited and the chairman of its Remuneration Committee. He is also a non-executive director of Nedgroup Investments Limited and serves as the chairman of Riscura Holdings Limited.

He has a wealth of experience in financial services, including periods as an executive at Old Mutual Limited, HSBC Bank plc and Allan Gray Limited. Mr Cumming started his career as an engineer at Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited. He worked on several gold mines and diamond mines in Southern Africa. He is the founder and executive director of Scatterlinks Proprietary Limited, a South African-based company providing leadership development services and strategic advisory services.

David G P Eyton

Sasol Limited

Independent non-Executive Director

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David G P Eyton
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
  • BA Engineering
  • MA Engineering
  • British
  • Born 1961
  • Chairman of the Sasol Safety, Social and Ethics Committee, Member of the Capital Investment Committee, Audit Committee and Nomination and Governance Committee

Mr Eyton held various positions at BP Plc between 1982 and 2022. He has extensive experience in the oil and gas sector, having held various business and functional leadership roles. He provided leadership in BP’s energy transition and managed BP’s digital and operating management systems, corporate venture capital and research and development functions.

He has been the chairman and trustee of the John Lyons Foundation since 2016 and serves on the board of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering.

Mr Eyton holds a BA Engineering degree from the University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the United Kingdom Institute of Directors.

Sasol Limited Group Executive Committee

SIMON BALOYI

Sasol Limited

Executive Director
President and Chief Executive Officer

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SIMON BALOYI
Sasol Limited
Executive Director
President and Chief Executive Officer
  • MScEng (Chemical), MSc (Engineering Management), INSEAD Management Programme, Leading Global Businesses Programme
  • South African
  • Born 1976
  • Appointed to the GEC in 2022

WALT BRUNS

Sasol Limited

Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

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WALT BRUNS
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
  • Bachelor of Commerce degree, CA (SA)
  • South African
  • Born: 1981
  • Appointed to the Board in 2024

 

VUYO KAHLA

Sasol Limited

Executive Director
Executive Vice President: Commercial and Legal

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VUYO KAHLA
Sasol Limited
Executive Director
Executive Vice President: Commercial and Legal
  • BA, LLB
  • South African
  • Born 1970
  • Appointed to the GEC in 2011

Antje Gerber

Sasol Limited

Executive Vice President: International Chemicals

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Antje Gerber
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: International Chemicals
  • Diplom-Kauffrau (MBA), Executive Development Programs
  • German
  • Born 1967
  • Appointed to GEC in 2024

HERMANN WENHOLD

Sasol Limited

Executive Vice President: Mining, Risk and Safety, Health and Environment

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HERMANN WENHOLD
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Mining, Risk and Safety, Health and Environment
  • BEng (Mechanical), MBL
  • South African
  • Born 1965
  • Appointed to the GEC in 2023

Victor Bester

Sasol Limited

Executive Vice President: Operations and Projects

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Victor Bester
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Operations and Projects
  • BScEng (Chemical), Executive Development Programme
  • South African
  • Born 1970
  • Appointed to the GEC in 2024

Christian Herrmann

Sasol Limited

Executive Vice President: Marketing and Sales, Energy and Chemicals Southern Africa

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Christian Herrmann
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Marketing and Sales, Energy and Chemicals Southern Africa
  • Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA)
  • German
  • Born 1973
  • Appointed to GEC in 2024

Sarushen Pillay

Sasol Limited

Executive Vice President: Business Building, Strategy and Technology

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Sarushen Pillay
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Business Building, Strategy and Technology
  • BScEng (Chemical), PhD Eng (Chemical)
  • South African
  • Born in 1976
  • Appointed to GEC in 2024

CHARLOTTE MOKOENA

Sasol Limited

Executive Vice President: Human Resources and Corporate Affairs

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CHARLOTTE MOKOENA
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Human Resources and Corporate Affairs
  • BA Hons (Social Sciences), Hons (Human Resources Development), MCom (Leadership Studies)
  • South African
  • Born 1965
  • Appointed to the GEC in 2017