Mxolisi Mgojo

CEO Exxaro Resources

Mxolisi Mgojo has been in the mining industry since 2001. Prior to that, his career includes 10 years as a software engineer and 8 years in the finance industry including Societé Generale Investment Banking. Mgojo has been with Exxaro Resources since its inception in 2006, heading the Base Metals and Industrial Minerals business before being appointed as the Executive Head of Coal in August 2008. In May 2015 he was appointed as CEO Designate and took over the reins from Sipho Nkosi as Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2016. Before joining Exxaro, Mgojo was a founder member of Eyesizwe Coal where he was the Marketing and Logistics Manager. Mgojo sits on the boards of Exxaro Resources and Tronox Limited.

On 24 May 2017 Mgojo was elected as the President of the Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) after serving on the then Executive Council of the Council since 2015 and the Collieries Committee of the Council prior to becoming a member of the Council’s Executive Council. Mgojo got re-elected again for a fourth term as the President of MCSA in June 2020.

Mgojo has a BSc degree in Computer Science (Northeastern University, USA), an Honours degree in Energy Studies (Rand Afrikaans University), a Diploma in International Financial Management and an MBA (Henley Management College, UK). He has also completed a Societé Generale Investment Banking and Corporate Finance Programme (Kellogg, USA) and an Advanced Management Programme (Wharton). In January/February 2018 Mxolisi attended the Executive Programme at Singularity University in San Francisco, USA.