– UK, Perth – SSE plc (LON: SSE) announced the appointment of Hixonia Nyasulu to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director effective on 1 January 2025, to bring significant international experience at the Board level, alongside a diverse and global perspective.
Hixonia Nyasulu will also join the Nomination Committee and should succeed Helen Mahy as Senior Independent Director effective 18 July 2025.
“I am delighted to welcome Hixonia to the SSE Board both as a non-Executive Director and as Senior Independent Director designate. As a highly experienced Board member, she will bring an increasingly important international outlook, an area where we have built significant Board strength. She also brings a deep understanding of governance and a highly commercial lens, further complementing the Board in these areas,” said Board chair, Sir John Manzoni.
Helen Mahy will step down from the Board on 17 July 2025.
About Hixonia Nyasulu
Hixonia Nyasulu has served as Chair of Sasol, a global integrated chemicals and energy company operating in a large number of countries, and is currently a non-executive Director of Anglo American plc and Olam Agri Holdings. She has also served as a non-executive Director of Unilever plc and Vivo Energy plc, where at the latter, she held the position of Senior Independent Director.
Through all of her non-executive roles, Hixonia Nyasulu has built a strong understanding of capital-intensive and safety-critical businesses and of environmental, social, and governance matters. These build on her executive career, where she started at Unilever in South Africa, before running her own consulting and market research business for 20 years; and founding Ayavuna, a female-controlled investment holding vehicle. Hixonia Nyasulu was a founder member of the Advisory Group formed by the World Economic Forum to set up a community of global Chairs.
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