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.

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, repair and renovate stuff, keep the property tidy, and stop to talk whenever I see a Jack Russell terrier.