Alan has had a long career in senior positions spanning the gold mining industry [Anglo American Gold Division, Chamber of Mines], retail and manufacturing [WoolTru Group], international professional firms [Deloitte & PwC] and, currently, a global leader in fund administration, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services (IQEQ). For the last twenty years, capitalising on his powerful local and international network, he’s excelled in Director level business development functions. Along the way, he obtained an MBA at the university of Cape Town Business School.

Alan is a Trust and Estate Practitioner [TEP registered with the London-based Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)]. He is thus eminently qualified to consult to clients seeking international Estate Planning opportunities under the auspices of Verum.

Outside of the corporate world, Alan is a passionate canoeist, an international Judge for the Olympic Sport of Canoe/Kayak that requires him to adjudicate at the annual canoeing World Canoeing Championships and Olympic Games [Four Olympic Games thus far and accepted for the Paris Olympics in July & August 2025]. When time permits, he rides his horse in the Free State Veld, is an avid Apiculturist, Bikejoring with his Siberian Huskies, Family Geneaology and researches Military History specialising in the Free State Theatre of the Second Anglo- Boer War [1899 – 1902].