Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd. announced the appointment of Dr. Xolani Mkhwanazi as an independent Non-Executive Director and member of the Risk Management Committee, with effect from 1 August 2015. Xolani is currently a Non-Executive Director of South 32 Limited. Xolani has experience in the Power, Engineering and Mining sectors, and was Chairman of BHP Billiton's South African Operations, having joined BHP after establishing Bateman Africa as the first BEE Engineering company.

Prior to that, Xolani played an important role in the restructuring of the electricity supply industry in South Africa, heading up the National Electricity Regulator. He has also worked at the CSIR, the Atomic Energy Corporation and spent time as a Physics Researcher in Australia.