NOMADLOZI XOLISILE MASHININI

• Heading the Legal and Compliance functions and being the Company Secretary
• Managed the day to day running of the entire legal departmental functions.
• Provided input into the Legal, Compliance and Company Secretarial Services strategies and ensured alignment with the broader Company strategy.
• Provided professional legal services which may include sound legal advice, expert drafting of legal documentation, managing disputes, and managing of legal projects.
• Ensuring that the company and its directors and managers are legally compliant with legislation and statutory codes and any other arrangements impacting on the company.
• Ensure that Board and Shareholder meetings are held in line with the MOI and relevant legislation under the guidance of the King IV principles and that guidance is provided to the Board at all times.
• Conduct director training, prepare terms of reference and conduct board evaluations.
• Ensure that all statutory filings are done on time and in line with the Companies Act
• Ensure that the Employee and Community Trusts comply with the statutory and mining right requirements of the company.
• Ensure that systems are in place to ensure compliance with all the relevant legislation affecting the running of the company.
• Mitigate the risk of non-compliance with statutory requirements and ensure systems are in place to ensure risk mitigation.
• Contract and legal project management.
• Liaising and managing external stakeholder relationships, e.g. Department of Mineral Resources, Municipalities, relationship maintenance with neighbouring mines etc.
• Oversee and develop litigation strategy of the company and managing external counsel.
• Development and implementation of Legal, Compliance and Company Secretarial policies.

Special achievements: Legal Team lead in ensuring the company received a boundary pillar approval from the DMRE and an amendment from the DEFE for the waste management dams within the stipulated timeframe, without which mining would have to be stopped.

• Managing the day-to-day requirements of the Sasol Southern Africa Cluster Entities on corporate governance requirements for its companies including, ROMPCO which is a JV with the Mozambican and RSA governments, Sasol Oil, Natref, a JV between Sasol and Total and many more which were over 20 boards and committees.
• Managed the explosives business Sasol Dyno Nobel, a JV between Sasol and an American based company the Sasol explosive businesses in Zambia, Namibia, Lesotho and Botswana.
• Responsible for all corporate governance matters relating to Sasol Mining and its subsidiaries.
• Responsible for Sasol Gas which was a public company until its conversion.
• Assisting on some of the Sasol Limited listing requirements including requirements like SOX and JSE compliance and managing some of the Exco sub-committees that feed into the main board.
• Advising the Board and executive management and staff on corporate governance matters, Board & Committee management including management of meetings
• Conducting research on issues of corporate governance.
• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing of governance documents including Memoranda of Incorporation, and other agreements.
• Advising on governance matters in relation to projects and commercial transactions.
• Ensuring that Sasol BEE transactions comply with impeccable governance practices.
• Advising on general compliance matters.
• Confirming that financial statements comply with legislative requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and general management of staff in the South African cluster.
• Generally, oversee the statutory, shareholder, board and general company secretarial administration of the relevant Sasol business and functions.

• Managing the day-to-day requirements of the Sasol Energy Cluster comprising over 20 boards and committees on corporate governance requirements.
• Advising the Board and executive management and staff on corporate governance matters Board & Committee management including management of meetings
• Performed research on issues of corporate governance.
• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing of governance documents including Memoranda of Incorporation, and other agreements.
• Advising on governance matters in relation to projects.
• Ensuring that Sasol BEE transactions comply with impeccable governance practices.
• Advising on general compliance matters.
• Confirming that financial statements comply with legislative requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and general management of staff working with me.
• Generally, oversee the statutory, shareholder, board and general company secretarial administration of the relevant Sasol business and functions.

• Advising the Board and executive management on corporate governance and general legal matters
• Board & Committee management including management of meetings.
• Performed research on issues of corporate governance and general legal matters.
• Drafting of Company policies, Board and Committee charters and other governance Documents.
• Advising on legal matters in relation to local and international investment projects.
• Performing Due Diligence Investigations and negotiating contract terms.
• Drafting / Reviewing legal agreements.
• Deal Structuring.
• Advising on labour and litigation matters.
• Ensuring compliance with legislative requirements.
• Managing external attorneys in relation to litigation matters.

• Advising on legal matters in relation to investment projects, including mergers and acquisitions, PPP’s project finance and other matters including international transactions
• Conducting Due Diligence Investigations
• Negotiating contract terms
• Drafting / Reviewing legal agreements
• Conducting Research on legal matters
• Deal Structuring
• Advising on legal compliance matters bank wide
• Working on funding projects within Africa and also involved on advising municipalities in relation to the 2010 world cup stadia infrastructure
• Conducting bank wide legal updates
• Advising the DBSA on labour matters

• Advising the board and executive management on corporate governance matters
• Board & Committee management including management of meetings
• Conducting research on issues of corporate governance
• Drafting of policies, Board and Committee charters and other governance documents
• Ensuring compliance with the DBSA Act, Public Finance Management Act, Municipal Finance Management Act and other legislative requirements
• Advising and updating the various business units of the DBSA on governance issues
• Assisting on drafting the integrated annual report of the organisation
• Organising and managing oversight visits for the board to the company’s projects both in South Africa and in Sub-Sahara.