Philip Gibson is the manager of Fischer–Tropsch Catalysis and Engineering Research at Sasol Technology Research & Development. He has an MSc in physical chemistry from the University of Johannesburg (1989), and joined Sasol's Corporate R&D facility in 1992. He was a Visiting Scientist to the Institute for Technical & Petroleum Chemistry, Aachen, Germany 1994/95. He has been active in activities such as the development of an Fe-based slurry-phase catalyst for coal to liquids application in Sasolburg, and the development of a Co-based slurry-phase catalyst and scale for global GTL applications.