Mr Loyiso Tyabashe was appointed in January 2021. He is a professional engineer with over 20 years technical and leadership experience in the nuclear industry.

Mr Loyiso Tyabashe is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), appointed in January 2021. He is a professional engineer with over 20 years technical and leadership experience in the nuclear industry.  Tasked with setting up and overseeing a turnaround strategy, he has seen Necsa stabilising and moving to profitability within three years of joining the company.

He started his engineering career in the automotive industry and then joined Eskom’s nuclear business, working in various strategic roles in Engineering, Operations, Maintenance Planning and Execution, Internal Oversight, and Project Management. In the course of his career, Mr Tyabashe has acquired vast global nuclear experience from the leading international nuclear organisations such as Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through participation in various energy- and nuclear-related programmes and as a participant in global panel discussions. He is a member of the World Nuclear University Alumni Board and the KINGS International Advisory Board. 

Mr Tyabashe holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Cape Town (UCT), as well as the Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) qualification from UCT’s Graduate School of Business.