Roger Baxter

Executive Chairman Southern Palladium

Executive Chairman of Southern Palladium (appointed 1 Jan 2024) and Chairman the World Platinum Investment Council (founding Chairman). Southern Palladium is an ASX and JSE listed PGM development company focused on developing the tier 1 world-class Bengwenyama platinum group metals project in South Africa. Mr Baxter was previously CEO of the Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) from 2015 to 2023 and is recognised for his leadership role in rejuvenating the brand of the MCSA into a respected voice of the mining sector, helping the industry achieve some of the safest years on record, leading the fight against corruption and pushing for structural and institutional reforms. Mr Baxter has over 35 years of high-level advocacy and strategy experience in the global, regional and local business and mining sectors. He was previously a member of the Boards of the MCSA and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), the Chairman of the Associations Coordination Group of the ICMM and President of the Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa. He chaired the BUSA Economics Committee, ARC and Growth Task Teams. In 2018, Mr Baxter was awarded the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy’s Brigadier Stokes Platinum medal for his contribution to the South African mining sector. Since the launch of the MiningMX “Rainmaker and Pot-stirrers” publication, Mr Baxter has been listed as one of Africa’s top 100 most influential people in the mining industry. In 2020, Mr Baxter was the winner of the Mining Review Africa, 2020 Mining Thought Leader of the Year award. The article states “Fully committed to the mining industry and a person who pulls no punches when it comes to addressing pertinent matters.”
On 1 October 2024, Mr Baxter was inducted into the South African Mining Hall of Fame as recognition for exceptional leadership in the mining sector since the advent of democracy in 1994.