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Molefe holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Limpopo, a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from the Medical University of South Africa (MEDUNSA) and his undergraduate and honours degrees from the University of North West in communication science and psychology, respectively.
He is s registered Clinical Psychologist and socio-economic professional with 20 years’ experience, of which 10 years have been in senior management. His career has been focused on socio-economic policy development and implementation, strategy and governance, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment. Grounded in his psychology background, he approaches work from a General Systems Theory perspective, with an emphasis on strategic interventions, communication strategies and coordinated action.
His career achievements include leading the development of a South African Social and Solidarity Economy Policy, managing the Technical Task Team of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission and teaching Monitoring and Evaluation at the University of Witwatersrand’s World Bank Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results.
MScEng (Chemical) – University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, MSc (Engineering Management) – University of Pretoria, South Africa, Management Programme – INSEAD Business School and Leading Global Businesses Programme – Harvard Business School
As Executive Vice President: Energy Operations and Technology, Simon Baloyi is responsible for Sasol’s entire Energy Operations portfolio which comprises all downstream operations and related infrastructure as well as Technology, Projects and Engineering, and Procurement. This portfolio includes Sasol’s operating facilities in Secunda, which are divided into a synthetic fuels and a chemicals component, as well as in Sasolburg and Ekandustria.
Natref, Sasol’s joint-venture inland refinery with Total SA, is also in his area of responsibility. Simon was appointed to the Group Executive Committee on 1 April 2022. Since joining Sasol in 2002, he has held various management positions in maintenance, technical and general management fields in the Group’s South African Operations. From April 2015 to February 2017 Simon was Vice President: Operations, Sasol Synfuels Operations in Secunda. Thereafter he was appointed as Vice President: Engineering, Centralised Maintenance and Operations for the period March 2017 to June 2019.
Subsequently he was Senior Vice President: Secunda Chemicals Operations from July 2019 to July 2020, and Senior Vice President: Regional Operations and Asset Services from August 2020 to March 2022.
Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) – University of the Witwatersrand (2003) and Master of Science (MSc) – University of the Witwatersrand (2013)
She is Executive Director of The Learning Trust and is responsible for strategy development, implementation and governance, fundraising and donor relations, communications and advocacy, and budgeting and financial management.
Sibongile is experienced in all operations of non-profit and social enterprises and has a passion for identifying and nurturing human potential. Her achievements include: leading a grant-making entity, establishing a regional office and its operations, strengthening four operational teams, leading the successful evaluation of a teacher development programme for a multi-national funder and founding a non-profit programme and a youth development consultancy.
Sibongile’s strengths lie in programme delivery and donor relations. She is organised, enthusiastic, energetic and flexible and leads beyond authority through collaboration and participation.
BA Honours (Social Sciences) – North West University, Honours (Human Resources) – University of Johannesburg, Human Resources Executive Programme – University of Michigan Business School, United States Senior Executive Leadership Programme – International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland, Postgraduate Diploma Leicester – University, United Kingdom and MCom (Leadership Studies) (Cum laude) – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
As Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Stakeholder Relations, Charlotte Mokoena is responsible for the design of global strategies, policies and frameworks that enable the organisation to attract, develop and retain key talent. She is also focused on safeguarding and building strong national stakeholder relations, as well as designing strategies to protect and manage Sasol’s brand and reputation. Charlotte was appointed to Sasol’s Group Executive Committee in February 2017.
From her early days as a nursing student to the demanding pace of global soft drinks producer Coca-Cola, charting and defining new ways of working in agri-processing as Tongaat Hulett’s Human Resources (HR) Executive and connecting employee-experience with brand purpose as Chief of HR and then Managing Executive, Customer Experience Management and Global Services at Telkom South Africa. Charlotte’s remarkable career has transcended industries, portfolios and traditional silos that often lead to a disconnect between employees, stakeholders, culture and business objectives.
Charlotte’s deep and wide experience spans over 25 years, in Strategic HR, Organisational Capability Development, Leadership Development, Stakeholder Relations, Corporate Reputation Management, Customer Experience Management, Corporate Social Impact (CSI), and Management Consulting, as well as the Not-for-Profit sector.
Charlotte is former President and Chairman of the HR Professionals Association as well as Non-Executive Chairperson of Sasol Inzalo Public and Sasol Inzalo Public Funding. She is currently a member of International Women’s Forum South Africa, Board member of the National Business Initiative, Deputy Chairman of the North West University Business School’s Advisory Board and co-founder of the non-profit organisation CareForCarers. Charlotte is a mother, motivational speaker, mentor and Executive Coach. She is also a keen scholar.
Tilson holds two Master of Science Degrees. He received the first from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia), majoring in Project Management. He obtained the second one from Saïd Business School – University of Oxford (United Kingdom) in Major Programme Management. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Industrial Engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology from the University of Johannesburg (South Africa).
Tilson is Managing Director of VisionWave (Pty) Ltd, Chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), and Chairman of the TUT’s Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW) and a member of the Board of Trustees for Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030, a Pre-Establishment Advisory (PAC) Committee member for CSIRCentre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution South Africa, and a member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for ILO/Productivity SA Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Project,
He started his career as a Process Engineer responsible for Computer-Aided Design/ Manufacturing and Factory Automation, then became a Senior Business Analyst, providing solution design and technical support for technology business solutions, i.e., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Business Process Reengineering (BRR). Ultimately he advanced his career and took on an IT Project Manager as part of the company’s global SAP team responsible for technology implementation.
Previous positions held include the following:
Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) University of Cape Town 2003.
Founder and CEO of Obami, a digital learning solutions company that has reached over one million learners through hundreds of organisations in Africa.
Barbara has been in this role since January 2010. She leads a committed and skilful team of content creators, instructional designers, and digitisers who make it easy for organisations to deliver meaningful, online learning experiences to their student, staff or customer networks. Barbara also consults on a number of projects, serving Governments and large-scale NGOs, with a specific focus on implementing impactful learning solutions in Africa.
Prior to this role Barbara was an Advisory Board Member at Mobile World Capital (2012 – 2014), Marketing Manager at Acxiom Ltd (2007 – 2009) and has been recognised by UNESCO as one of 21 people changing the world and as one of Africa’s top entrepreneurs by the likes of CNN, Forbes, BBC and others.
