Shamini Harrington

Senior Executive: Environment, Health, Legacies & Employee Relations Minerals Council South Africa

Shamini Harrington joined the Minerals Council in March 2025 as Senior Executive: Environment, Health, Legacies and Employee Relations. She has more than two decades of experience in environmental and sustainability roles. She began her career as a researcher at the CSIR before transitioning to the corporate sector, focusing on environment and climate change management. She spent nearly 20 years at Sasol, leading sustainability initiatives and shaping the company’s greenhouse gases targets and climate strategy and establishing the company’s sustainability structure and functions. She is a seasoned expert in her field both nationally and internationally on various advocacy matters. Shamini also represented South Africa at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and chairs key committees on environment and just transition.