- Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa
The Board is responsible for the overall oversight and governance of EIUG. It is composed of the five directors with an open invitation to the rest of the Council.
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Murendeni Matshinyatsimbi is responsible for Renewable Energy portfolio at Sibanye-Stillwater, an international precious metals company. Murendeni has extensive experience in consulting and developing renewable energy projects across the SADC region, providing experience in engineering design, project management, commissioning, construction management, Power Purchase Agreement negotiation and execution, permitting and business development. Murendeni attained all these skills throughout his career, with over fourteen years of on job experience from different companies.
Murendeni holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from University of Cape Town.He is registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional engineer and is a member of South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE). He currently serves as the chairperson and council member of the EIUG.
PJ (Pieter‑Jan) Grey, MBA, BEng (Metallurgy), is responsible for Strategic and Energy Management at Glencore Ferroalloys. In this role, he leads the development and execution of the Group’s energy management framework and long‑term smelter strategy, supporting operational sustainability and competitiveness across the business.
With more than 25 years of experience in the pyrometallurgical industry, PJ brings deep expertise in process and energy management, operational optimisation, sustainable development, and the implementation of strategy and technology at scale. His responsibilities include overseeing electricity procurement for the Ferroalloys business, a highly energy‑intensive operation, including the negotiation and management of Negotiated Pricing Agreements with Eskom.
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Seeralan is a heavy current electrical engineer who obtained his BSc Electrical Engineering degree in 2002 from the University of Natal, Durban (UKZN). He has over 18 years’ experience working predominantly in the mining industry and started his career as a junior engineer for the then Kumba Resources. He progressed in the Mining industry through various roles in project engineering, maintenance management, and energy management, obtaining his Government Certificate of Competence (GCC) for both Mining and Factories, and Certified Energy Manager Accreditation (CEM) through the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).
Seeralan is also registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional engineer (PrEng) and is currently in the role of Principal Electrical Engineer at Exxaro Resources Mining Group based at their Corporate Office in Centurion.
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Melvinia Chidi is currently part of Valterra Platinum as a Principal Electrical Engineer. Melvinia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cape Town. She holds a Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) Mine and works. She is registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional engineer and Association of Energy Engineers as a Certified Energy Manager.
She has extensive experience in electrical technical work, building concepts, feasibility studies, engineering design, projects management, commissioning, standards and governance work and electrical audits. She has been in the mining industry since 2012 and offers 14 years of experience in mining, smelting and refining.
The Industry Task Team on Climate Change
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Shalendra Subramoney represents Sasol at the ITTCC as a sustainability and climate specialist. He has over 15 years of engineering, technology, R&D, strategy, business development, and policy and advocacy experience focussed on environmental sustainability and climate change management. Shalendra holds undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering (Thermodynamics) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and served as an extended visiting researcher at Mines ParisTech in Fontainebleau, France for over a year. He was a recipient of the SAIChE Innovation Award for a patented low-GWP refrigerant process and serves on various industry task teams and committees.
At Sasol, Shalendra has worked across the Group Technology, Climate Change, Strategy and Sustainability, and Business Building Strategy and Technology functions – leading on air quality, water, waste, plastics, circularity, CCS, offsets, and climate change management initiatives. He was seconded as Sasol’s Head of Global Climate Change and Policy and has served as acting VP Climate Change. Shalendra currently leads the Sustainable Business Mechanisms portfolio and is responsible for Sasol’s carbon offsets and broader market-mechanisms strategies, as well as sustainability certification strategies related to green hydrogen, PTL, SAF, and biofuels. He also leads Sasol’s product carbon footprinting and related-GHG accounting initiatives, and is technical lead for local and international policies and standards like CBAM, EU RED, CORSIA, Article 6, SBTi, GHG Protocol, and the offsets regulations under the SA Carbon Tax.
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Dr Andries Gustav Stephanus Gous represents Harmony Gold at the ITTCC as a technical specialist on GHG emissions and carbon tax. He has been part of multiple carbon, GHG emissions and energy analyses across different energy intensive industries. He is currently a consultant at ETA Operations with a focus on carbon tax, GHG inventories and energy efficiency incentives for large industrial facilities.
Dr Gous completed his engineering undergraduate and post graduate studies at the North West University. He completed his PhD studies in 2017 with the thesis entitled: “A practical approach to quantify carbon tax in South Africa” which provides a framework to manage the practical ramifications of quantification and assurance of GHG emissions for carbon tax in South Africa.
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