Hixonia Nyasulu (born 1954) is a South African businesswoman and executive, serves as Chairwoman of

Sasol Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa. The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg, South Africa and built on processes that were first developed by German chemists and engineers in the early ...

, the largest company in South Africa and on the boards of

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and

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, among others. She formerly served as the Director of Anglo American Platinum, the largest platinum producer in the world.Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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Early life and education

Hixonia Nyasulu was born in 1954 in South Africa. She received a BA in Social Work and an Honors degree in Psychology from the

University of Zululand The University of Zululand or UniZulu is the only comprehensive tertiary educational institution north of the Tugela River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Its new status is in accordance with South Africa's National Plan for Higher Education ...

. She graduated from the

Hult International Business School Hult International Business School (also known as Hult Business School or Hult) is a private business school with campuses in Cambridge, London, San Francisco, Dubai, New York City, and Shanghai. Hult is named for the school's benefactor Bertil ...

(then known as the Arthur D. Little School of Management), in Massachusetts.

Career

Nyasulu worked at

from 1978 to 1984. In 1984, she founded T.H. Nyasulu & Associates, a marketing and research company. In 2004, she founded Ayavuna Women's Investments, a woman-controlled investment firm. She is a former Deputy Chairman of the South African bank

Nedbank Nedbank Group is a financial services group in South Africa offering wholesale and retail banking services as well as insurance, asset management, and wealth management. Nedbank Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nedbank Group. Nedbank' ...

. She is a former director of Anglo American Platinum and McCarthy Retail. In 2006, Nyasulu joined Sasol and chaired the board from 2008 - 2013.

. She sits on the Board of Directors of Unilever, Paton Tupper Associates and

Tongaat Hulett Tongaat Hulett is an agriculture and agri-processing business, focusing on the complementary feedstocks of sugarcane and maize. The company had its origins on the North coast of KwaZulu-Natal, specifically the town of Tongaat. The company was f ...

. She also serves on the Advisory Board of

. As of November 2019, Nyasulu will serve as a non-executive director in the board of Anglo American.

References

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