Hixonia Nyasulu
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hixonia Nyasulu
| birth_date = 1954
| birth_place = South Africa
| nationality = South African
| occupation = Chairwoman of Sasol
| alma_mater = Hult International Business School
}}
Hixonia Nyasulu (born 1954) is a South African businesswoman and executive, serves as Chairwoman of Sasol, the largest company in South Africa and on the boards of Unilever and JPMorgan Chase, among others. She formerly served as the Director of Anglo American Platinum, the largest platinum producer in the world.[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=8478341&privcapId=35787083&previousCapId=4224658&previousTitle=Aegon%20US%20Holding%20Corporation Bloomberg BusinessWeek][http://www.unilever.co.uk/aboutus/companystructure/nonexecutivedirectors/hixonianyasulu.aspx Unilever Board of Directors]{{Cite web |url=http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/frontend/navigation.jsp?navid=11600010&rootid=2 |title=Sasol Board of Directors |access-date=2013-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705092920/http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/frontend/navigation.jsp?navid=11600010&rootid=2 |archive-date=2011-07-05 |url-status=dead }}
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. She graduated from the Hult International Business School (then known as the Arthur D. Little School of Management), in Massachusetts.
Career
Nyasulu worked at Unilever 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. She is a former director of Anglo American Platinum and McCarthy Retail. In 2006, Nyasulu joined Sasol and chaired the board from 2008 - 2013.Sasol.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/network/family-spirit-revives-country-hotel-13130031|title=Family spirit revives country hotel {{!}} The Mercury|website=www.iol.co.za|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}} She sits on the Board of Directors of Unilever, Paton Tupper Associates and Tongaat Hulett. She also serves on the Advisory Board of JPMorgan Chase. As of November 2019, Nyasulu will serve as a non-executive director in the board of Anglo American.{{Cite web|url=https://www.angloamerican.com/media/press-releases/2019/24-07-2019a|title=Anglo American appoints Hixonia Nyasulu and Nonkululeko Nyembezi to the Board|website=www.angloamerican.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/careers/anglo-american-appoints-nolitha-fakude-as-chair-of-management-board-in-sa-29751813|title=Anglo American appoints Nolitha Fakude as chair of management board in SA {{!}} IOL Business Report|website=www.iol.co.za|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}}
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Category:Hult International Business School alumni
Category:South African businesspeople
Category:JPMorgan Chase people
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