Koosum Kalyan

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Koosum Kalyan is a South African economist and businesswoman serving as an independent non-executive director of Seplat Energy. She joined the board on 28 February 2023. Her earlier career included economics work at Melbourne’s Electricity Commission before she moved to Shell South Africa and became involved in the group’s international scenario-planning work.

A subsequent Shell International assignment involved nine years in London. Her energy-sector work extended across markets including Tanzania, Mozambique, Gabon and Nigeria, alongside assistance to governments on energy policy, institutional digitisation and participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Kalyan studied commerce, law and economics at the University of Durban Westville. She later undertook executive programmes through London Business School and the Shell Leadership Institute, adding management training to her economics and policy experience.