Sasol Limited
Executive Director and President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Grobler was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Sasol Limited on 1 November 2019. Prior to his appointment, he was Executive Vice President of Sasol’s Chemicals Business, based in Germany. In April 2019, he took on the additional responsibility of progressing the development and execution of the LCCP – including business-readiness preparation of the project. His association with Sasol began an engineering student in the early 1980s when he received a Sasol bursary before joining the Group in 1984. Since then, he has worked at most of Sasol’s operating facilities worldwide. In this time, he has been exposed to a broad range of business activities and has extensive experience in Sasol’s international businesses. In March 2010 he was appointed Managing Director of Sasol Olefins and Surfactants (now part of the Chemicals Business), based in Hamburg, Germany. He has been a member of the Sasol Group Executive Committee since 1 December 2013.
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Executive Vice President: Strategy, Sustainability and Integrated Services
Mr Kahla is Sasol’s Executive Vice President: Strategy, Sustainability and Integrated Services. He also served as the Company Secretary of Sasol Limited between 2011 and 2019, prior to his appointment to the Sasol Board in November 2019. From June 2004 to November 2010, he served on the Group Executive Committee of Transnet SOC Limited. Prior to that, he served on the Africa Executive Committee of Standard Bank, and prior to joining Standard Bank, he served the Government of the Republic of South Africa over many years in various roles including Assistant Legal Advisor to President Nelson Mandela; Director responsible for Corporate Strategy and Transformation at the Department of Justice; Special Advisor to the National Director of Public Prosecutions and Chief Legal Advisor to the Minister of Finance and the National Treasury. 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.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Mr Subramoney has expertise in accounting and auditing and has worked for companies expanding into emerging economies. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1987 he was appointed Audit Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) serving as client lead for some of the firm’s large clients from both the public and private sectors. He was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer for PwC Southern Africa and a Member of the Southern Africa Executive Committee. During his time as strategy leader for PwC Southern Africa, he led the Government and Public Sector Industry Group for Southern Africa. Throughout his 27 years in the audit profession, as Audit Partner and later as Member of the PwC Executive Committee, 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 Independent non-Executive Director on Nedbank Group’s Board and is its Audit Committee Chairperson.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Cuambe is 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. Manuel 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 and served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Africa Power Pool from November 2005 to April 2008
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Ms Nkeli served Vodacom Group Limited as the Chief Human Resource Officer responsible for Health, Safety, Environment and Facilities and was an Executive Director of Vodacom South Africa (Pty) Limited from 2011 to 2014, having previously served as the Group Human Resources Director of Alexander Forbes from 2005 until 2010. She also served as a non-Executive Director on the Boards of Ellerine Holdings Limited, African Bank Investments Limited and Life Healthcare Group Limited. Ms Nkeli is a member of the Board of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited and she previously chaired the Commission for Employment Equity.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Ms M B N Dube has 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 at SFM, a London-based forestry and carbon business and Anglo American. She was an Investment Banker at Investec plc, London and Group Commercial Director at Bidvest Group. She is a Non-executive Director of Control Risks, and other non-public companies: Bravo Brands, PG Group, and EnviroServ Holdings and is also a member of the audit committees of the PG Group and Control Risks. She previously served as Nonexecutive Director of Vodacom South Africa, Bidvest Group Limited and Fluormin plc.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Mr Westwell is a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Control Risk Limited. He is also an Independent Director of Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P and Brookfield Renewable Corporation. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Europena Forecourt Retailers from 2015 to 2016 and of Silver Ridge Power Inc from 2013 to 2014. He held various management and executive positions for BP in South Africa, United States, and United Kingdom between 1988 and 2011. These executive positions included head of BP’s retail business in South Africa, Director of BP Southern Africa, Chief Executive Officer for BP Solar, and Chief Executive Officer for BP Alternative Energy. He served as Group Chief of Staff and member of BP Plc’s executive management team in United Kingdom from 2008 to 2011. He has also worked for Eskom Holdings Limited in several operational capacities.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Ms Matyumza is a non-Executive Director of Hulamin Limited and a member of its Audit Committee. She is an Independent non-Executive Director of Standard Bank Group Limited and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited. She has held senior financial management and executive positions in various organisations, including South African Breweries, Transnet and Eskom. She is an ordained minister and Director of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Ms Kennealy 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. She also serves on the Board of Standard Bank Group Limited and Standard Bank of South Africa Limited.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
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 serves on the Board of NESTE Corporation and is a member of its Audit Committee. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Carl Bechem GmbH.
Sasol Limited
Independent non-Executive Director
Ms Harper is the Chief Financial Officer of BDP International, a leading privately-held global logistics and transportation solutions company. She also serves as a non-Executive Director for the American Lung Association. She was previously the Chief Financial Officer of AgroFresh, a produce freshness solutions company. She has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tronox and the Chief Financial and Business Development Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds and Minerals Group. Kathy has served as a 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.
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and President and Chief Executive Officer
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Sasol Limited
Executive Director and Executive Vice President: Strategy, Sustainability and Integrated Services
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Energy
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Chemicals
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Human Resources and Stakeholder Relations
Sasol Limited
Executive Vice President: Energy Operations and Technology