Sasol executive named chair of Eskom's new transmission company

SASOLBURG - Executive vice president of Sasol's energy business Priscillah Mabelane has been named the first chair of the board of the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA). News24 reports the appointment of the NTCSA board constitutes one of the most important pillars of Eskom's legal separation into three entities, namely generation, distribution and transmission. The utility said in a statement this is a key aspect of Eskom's turnaround plan, with transmission the first division to achieve legal separation. Mabelane has been leading Sasol's plan to lead the Just Energy Transition in southern Africa and to unlock SA's potential to be a global green hydrogen and derivatives player. The group said she is a chartered accountant with experience in leadership, corporate finance, strategy, energy, and risk. At Sasol, she is responsible for upstream and downstream gas activities as well as distribution, marketing and sales of liquid fuels in Southern Africa.

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