1985, BSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Natal. Formerly, 12 years with IBM in senior executive roles. Since 2008, Managing Director, Microsoft South Africa; responsible for the company's broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Programme and for innovation and leadership across the company's core businesses in key markets, including enterprise, small business and the public sector; integral to development and implementation of Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative, which aims to actively engage in Africa's economic development to improve its global competitiveness. Recipient, World Fellow on Global Leadership, Yale University (2004). Interests: cycling, travelling, writing, reading and coaching.