Cape Town, South Africa
Driven by purpose. conviction. curiosity. faith. love.
Aspiring actuary. Redemptive entrepreneur.
AI enthusiast. Adventurer. Optimist.
I believe the best work happens where analytical rigour meets genuine care for people.
My faith is the driving force in my life. Everything I do is to serve God and love others. That conviction has shaped every career move, every venture, and every early morning training run.
I am shaped by the idea of redemptive entrepreneurship: the conviction that business can be a force for creative restoration. Inspired by the thinking of Praxis, I believe ventures should go beyond ethical compliance to actively redeem what is broken. Broken systems, broken access, broken data. That is the lens through which I build.
From almost the first day I used AI, I have been certain of where this goes. I am just as certain that it should make people better, not make them unnecessary. Used well, AI makes us better at the work we already do, and it can even help us become better humans. The tools are already here. What is missing is the skill to use them well, and that shortage is enormous. Helping people close it, then watching what it does for them, is what gets me ticking.
This technology is going to change the world. My purpose is to make sure AI contributes to human flourishing, and not the opposite.
Why I do this
That is why most of my time now goes into Fluent. We want to be your business's AI private banker: we get to know your business, start by understanding where your people are, train them on the tools you already pay for, advise you on what comes next, and refer you to the best when someone else is better placed. We start with training and enablement because AI should augment people, not replace them. In our first few months we have trained 27 companies and counting, and helped each of them work out how to put AI to work in their business. Fluent is still young, and I am deeply grateful for what the Lord is doing there.
Every week I also write Tomorrow Today, our AI newsletter, and Fluent grew out of it. After one of our webinars, three businesses asked us to train their teams, and we have not stopped since.
PeopleRadar and the wider Radar group carry on alongside Fluent, built on a simpler conviction: AI without data is just a fancy demo. I left the comfortable corporate actuarial life at PwC because I saw fragmented workforce data causing real harm. Payroll leakage, invisible absenteeism patterns, decisions made in the dark. We redeem those broken data systems by giving organisations clear, actionable intelligence. In the NPO sector, we help organisations measure and understand their impact, consolidating scattered reporting into something that tells the real story of the difference they are making.
I am South African to my core. I love this country: its mountains, its people, its complexity, and its potential. I want to build things here that matter.
Last updated October 2026.
Most of my week goes here. We want to be your business's AI private banker: an AI audit to see where your people are, training on the tools you already pay for, advice on what comes next, and a referral to the best when someone else is better placed. 27 companies trained and counting in our first few months, across agriculture, financial services, retail, logistics, mining and more.
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AI is only as good as the data underneath it. PeopleRadar is the workforce analytics platform that fixes that for agricultural businesses and NPOs: surfacing absenteeism patterns, overtime abuse and operational insight, and helping NPOs measure the impact they are actually having.
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A weekly AI newsletter I co-write with Anton Prinsloo. Accessible, practical, honest, and published every week since June 2025. It distils what actually happened in AI this week into something you can use on Monday morning.
Read the newsletterI have completed F105 and F106 through the Actuarial Society of South Africa. The fellowship exams are the final step to becoming a fully qualified Fellow, FASSA.
April 2026 → Present
Fluent started almost by accident: after one of our AI webinars, three businesses asked us to train their teams. Today we want to be every business's AI private banker, starting with training and enablement so that AI augments people rather than replacing them. 27 companies trained and counting in the first few months, and where most of my week now goes.
2025 → Present
Left PwC to build something of my own. PeopleRadar is an AI-powered workforce analytics platform serving the agricultural and NPO sectors across South Africa, turning fragmented payroll and HR data into intelligence people can act on.
2024 → 2025
Actuarial, Risk & Quants, Cape Town. Worked across People & Data Analytics and life insurance consulting (IFRS 17). Client engagements, workforce demand modelling, and helping develop a SaaS web application for workforce analytics.
2022 → 2023
Financial instrument valuation, credit risk modelling (IFRS 9) and data analytics. Built a foundation in Python, SAS, SQL and Power BI working with South African and international clients across financial services and energy.
2018 → 2021
Undergraduate and postgraduate studies focused on actuarial science, advanced mathematical statistics and economics. Earned 9 ASSA exemptions. Represented Stellenbosch in Afrikaans debating at nationals and served on the residence executive committee.
2013 → 2017
Winner of the Roulou Barry Entrepreneurship Award and the De Humanitate Award for outstanding achievement in academics, leadership and culture. Hockey, cricket, debating, mountain biking, community service.
We want to be your business's AI private banker. We start with a free AI audit, train your people on real work with the tools you already pay for, advise you on what to implement next, and refer you to the best when someone else is better placed. Training and enablement come first because AI should augment people, not replace them, and the skills gap is enormous.
27+ companies trained in our first few months, and guided on putting AI to work in their business, across agriculture, financial services, retail, logistics, mining and more.
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AI-powered workforce analytics for blue-collar teams. We aggregate payroll, time and attendance, and HR data into actionable intelligence. Serving agriculture, manufacturing and the NPO sector with impact reporting and data consolidation.
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A weekly AI newsletter co-written with Anton Prinsloo. We distil the latest developments in artificial intelligence into clear, practical insight for people who want to stay informed without the hype.
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A tourist t-shirt concept where travellers tick off activities on the back of the shirt with a permanent marker. We ran it for a year. The hardest lesson learned was that distribution is everything. Sometimes the idea is right but the execution needs a different form.
Co-founded during COVID to connect willing volunteers with organisations in need. Pioneered the #GiveTen drive and raised over R25,000 for vulnerable communities when the pandemic hit hardest.
Two places I think out loud. One weekly and practical, one longer and slower.
What actually happened in AI this week, written with Anton Prinsloo for people who want to stay informed without the hype. No breathless takes, just what changed and what it means for your Monday morning.
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Read the essaysI write about AI, data and building in South Africa. Pick whichever suits you: the weekly briefing, or the longer essays. Both are free, and neither will fill your inbox.
I talk about AI in plain language, usually with a live demo rather than predictions: keynotes, panels and workshops. If you are putting together an event or a panel on AI, I would love to be part of it.
Invite me to speakWhat changes when a whole team uses AI well, and what it takes to get there. Drawn from training 27+ companies with Fluent.
A working app or dashboard built in the room from a plain-language brief, so people see what is possible instead of hearing about it.
Making farm and workforce data useful, from PeopleRadar's work with South African agri businesses.
A redemptive view of what this technology is for, and how Christians can engage with it well.
Plus more AI in Agri talks and in-house sessions for teams.
“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
Hebrews 12:1
I am a sinner saved by grace. Nothing I have achieved can be attributed to my own brilliance. It is all God. I believe deeply in the power of the local church, and I prioritise serving wherever I can. From outreach missions in Lesotho and the Transkei to LIV Village in Durban, my faith is not something I hold. It holds me.
Above everything, I value people, family and relationships. The best ideas, the hardest races and the most meaningful work: none of it matters without the people you share it with.
I love nature and adventure. There is nothing like exploring God's creation on foot or on a bike. I am an avid runner, trail runner and triathlete. Life is either a great big adventure or nothing at all.
I aspire to live a simple life and find joy in the small things. A good bottle of red wine at the fire with friends. A sunrise and sunset swim. Escaping the city to find God in the quiet.
Whether you want to talk about getting AI into your business, workforce data, or trail running, I would love to hear from you.
