Simon Baloyi

President and Chief Executive Officer, Sasol

Simon Baloyi is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sasol, in the role since April 2024.

Reset the group's strategy in 2025 around its South African fuels and chemicals value chain, with a possible separate listing of International Chemicals.

In the job

  1. Capital Markets Day reset: restore SA value chain, reset International Chemicals, US$50/bbl breakeven by FY2028, new dividend policy. Source

  2. Said International Chemicals could be separately listed as soon as 2028. Source

  3. FY2026: adjusted EBITDA up 17% to about R61bn, net debt down to US$3.3bn, Secunda five-year production high. Source

Career before

  1. 2002Joined Sasol; various management roles
  2. 2022-2024Executive Vice President, Energy Operations and Technology, Sasol

Education

Chemical engineering (Wits); Master's degrees in Engineering Management and in Chemical Engineering

Sources

  1. sasol.com
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. businessday.co.za
  4. sasol.com
  5. pulse2.com
  6. dailymaverick.co.za
  7. engineeringnews.co.za
  8. ewn.co.za
  9. en.wikipedia.org

Facts last checked 2 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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