I graduated from the University of Cape Town and obtained my chartered accountant designation in 1974.

Before focusing on writing, I had a 40+-year business career that included public accounting and auditing, business and share valuations, financial management, office productivity improvement consulting, and business ownership and management. My experience in these fields spans six countries on four continents and includes a vast range of industries and sizes of enterprises, from multinationals to sole proprietorships.

I now live and write in Chester Basin, on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

I enjoy the benefit of a supportive family. This includes my wife of  51 years who is an internationally recognized botanical artist, our daughter who is a highly regarded urogynecologist, her husband who is a management consultant and ESG specialist, and their son and daughter— grandchildren as talented and smart as one could hope to meet.

When not at my desk writing or editing, I read, encourage my wife’s botanical art and provide administrative support for her educational activities, bird watch, kayak, haul firewood in sub-zero temperatures, shovel snow, keep the property tidy, and stop to talk whenever I see a Jack Russell terrier.