He was born on the 15th of April 1969 in Paarl and Matriculated in 1986 at Middelburg High School in the Eastern Cape. He did military training in Pretoria and became an officer in Wynberg.
He obtained a B Proc. at UPE in 1988 in Grahamstown, before obtaining the H Dip Insolvency (AIPSA). He then did his articles at Greyvensteins in Port Elizabeth.
He moved to Cape Town in 1999 and worked at ABSA till 2001. He then worked in Taiwan for two years & became the founder of SARefs Academy in 2010.
He is married to Martli with two sons, Jano and Chris