He joined the Navy in 1978 after completing school at Hilton College.[1] He has commanded two Warrior class strike craft, the SAS Adam Kok and the SAS Jan Smuts as well as the Strike Craft Squadron[1] from 1997 to 1999.[2] He was promoted Captain in 2000 and assigned to the Corvette project as a Deputy Project Officer. He became the Officer Commanding of the first Corvette SAS Amatola (F145) in 2003.[3][4] In 2009 he was appointed SSO (Senior Staff Officer) Surface Warfare.[5]
He was appointed Chief of Fleet Staff and promoted to rear admiral (junior grade) on 1 November 2011.[6] He took over as Deputy Chief of the Navy on 1 April 2017.[7]