I moved to New Zealand in 2022 from South Africa with my family. I completed my trade in Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control, and I have worked in the industrial automation and engineering industry for the last 20+ years within kiwifruit and avocado packing, plastics, automotive, chemical and heavy mineral mining industries.

I am a GoodSam (St Johns) medical responder and also a Trustee of Papamoa College. I am super passionate about my offshore fishing, and you will find me out at sea with every weather window. I have two children and I am the sound engineer for my daughter and her band.