A public policy and strategy manager with a focus on science, technology and innovation, inclusive development, sustainability, social and economic development, science impact, and public management and governance.
Employed since 2006 at the Department of Science and Innovation, he is currently a Deputy Director-General responsible for research development and support. He is a current member of the board of the Water Research Commission and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and a past board member of MINTEK and SASSCAL.
Prior to joining the DSI, he worked at the Centre for Public Service Innovation, an agency of government supporting innovation in the delivery of public services and the Department of Public Service and Administration. He began his working life with a five-year stint at the Workplace Information Group (WIG), a non-governmental organisation supporting trade union followed by three years during the formative years of the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI), a think tank to COSATU.