SASOL’s chief financial officer, Christine Ramon, will step down next month, the company said on Monday, surprising the market and analysts who said her departure after seven years seemed abrupt.Her decision to leave just as the petrochemicals giant embarks on an ambitious capital-investment programme could have implications for a smooth handover, analysts said on Monday."This is really very unsatisfactory as there has been no reason given for the very abrupt departure," said David Couldridge, an investment analyst at Element Investment Management, which holds some Sasol shares for clients. "It is a company’s responsibility to explain these things in order to avoid speculation."Normally, for a post of that seniority, a company would prepare the market, said Mr Couldridge."It was very, very unexpected. There was no indication of her impending departure at all," said Mohamed Kharva, an analyst at Nedbank Capital.Ms Ramon had resigned all her positions in the company, Sasol said in a b...
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