John Armstrong is President of Sasol China.

He Joined Sasol in 1986. In 1989, he was appointed as manager of group product optimization, responsible for the techno-economic optimization of the production output of the Sasol Group. At Sasol Oil, he assumed responsibility for the day to day management of the Supply Contract for liquid fuels from Sasol to South Africa Oil Industry. He then moved to Sasol Group Limited in 1998 as New Business Development Manager, then to Sasol Polymers in 2003 in charge of Chemicals, before his appointment at Sasol China in March, 2008.

John holds a B. Sc degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand (1981), where he became a registered professional Engineer in 1988. He obtained an MBA degree from the Wits Business School in 1989.