Hixonia Nyasulu
Hixonia is the Executive Chairman of Ayavuna Women's Investments (Pty) Ltd, a women-controlled investment vehicle. She was rated by the Financial Mail amongst the top three most influential women in business in South Africa.
Non-executive director
Before founding Ayavuna in 2004, she ran T.H. Nyasulu & Associates, a marketing and research company she started in 1984 after working for Unilever for six years.
A highly experienced non-executive director, Hixonia has served on the boards of South African blue-chip companies since 1992. She attended the International Programme for Board Members at the world-renowned Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, which exposed her to corporate governance models in various countries.
Born in 1954 in South Africa, Hixonia has a BA in Social Work and an Honours Degree in Psychology. She also holds an Executive Leadership Development Programme Certificate from the Arthur D Little Management Education Institute in Massachusetts.
She is Chairman of Sasol Ltd and a director of Anglo Platinum Ltd, Barloworld Ltd and Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd, and a member of the JP Morgan SA Advisory Board.
Hixonia is married with three sons and enjoys reading, public speaking and travel with her family.
