Matriculated 1984,senior certificate humanitiesN2 & N3 Technical certificate Studied electrical engineering and achieved a National higher diploma in heavy current.Worked for Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) In the engineering field I worked with manufacture of HV transformers, power drives, HV switch gear, power system protection and commissioning of all of these.Started a construction hire business in Knysna in 1996 .Grew this business from staff compliment of 2 to over 100 and an asset base of 20 million.Worked in all divisions of the company which included retail, repair, plant hire and scaffolding.Was MD of the company for 10 years.Sold the business to Nkunzi investment holding in 2007 and worked as MD for 3 years after the sale.Orchestrated the sale and sale process. Constructed all financials for the sale and saw to the due diligence process.Gained corporate experience during this time.2010 till 2018 running our property investment company which has 8000m2 of industrial, commercial and residential buildings.Completed post graduate diploma Project management in 2015 at University of Cape townCompleted Financial short course university of Cape town in 2016 Business consultant - 2015 to present various non-executive roles assisting with strategic and financial planning.Knysna speed festival - 2018 -2022 infrastructure managerOperations manager IOEnergy - October 2021 - present