Ilzemarie obtained her BLC. LLB degree at the University of Pretoria in 1987.
She is an admitted attorney and conveyancer and a member of the Compliance Institute of South Africa and the Institute of Directors.
After completing her articles in Pretoria, she moved to Cape Town where she was a partner at one of the large law firms in the Northern Suburbs until she relocated to Stellenbosch in 2007.
After relocating to Stellenbosch she joined Rootstock Investment Management as internal compliance officer and legal advisor until 2011 when she co-founded The Office in Stellenbosch (Pty) Ltd a boutique high net-worth family office practice.
Ilzemarie specialises in family office advice, company and trust law and acts an independent trustee and director for listed, private and non-profit companies. She joined BMH in 2023 as a consultant.