Personal: 
10 January 1968, Johannesburg
Married Three children
Education:
Matric: Westerford High School, Cape Town
B.A: University of Cape Town (1988)
LLB: University of Cape Town (1991)
LLM: University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (summa cum laude) (1997)
Professional History:
Candidate Attorney and Attorney: Chennells Albertyn, Stellenbosch: 1992-1995.
Deputy Director Mediation: Independent Electoral Commission, Western Cape - elections 1994.
Legal Researcher: African National Congress Constitutional Commission in Parliament 1995 -1996.
Attorney: Legal Resources Centre Constitutional Litigation Unit, Johannesburg 1996 – 1997.
Commissioner: Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration, Johannesburg 1997 – 2000.
Attorney: Haffegee Roskam Savage Attorneys 2000 - 2008.
Director: Bowman Gilfillan 2008 - 2012.
Arbitrator and mediator on dispute resolution panels including IMSSA, AMSSA, Tokiso, PSCBC, PHWSBC, ELRC, SSSBC, CCMA variously from 1994 - 2012.
Acting Judge: Labour Court 4th term 2011.
Acting Judge: Western Cape High Court 4th term 2012 – end 4th term 2014
Judge: Western Cape High Court 2015 to date
Acting Judge: Labour Appeal Court 2015 to date.
Acting Judge: Competition Appeal Court: February 2022 to date.
Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 April 2022 – 31 May 2022.
Other Activities:
Board Member: Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) 2004 to date
Trustee: Constitutional Court Trust until 2019
Member of South African Society for Labour Law to date.
