A public policy and strategy manager with a focus on innovation, inclusive development, sustainability, social and economic development, and public management and governance. Employed since 2006 at the Department of Science and Technology, he is currently a Deputy Director-General and represents the department on the social and economic clusters of government and the advisory committee for the Green Fund. He is a current member of the board of the Water Research Commission, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and a past board member of MINTEK and SASSCAL. Prior to joining the DST, he worked at the Centre for Public Service Innovation, an agency of government supporting innovation in the delivery of public services and the Department of Public Service and Administration. He began his working life with a five-year stint at the Workplace Information Group (WIG), a non-governmental organisation supporting trade union followed by three years during the formative years of the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI), a think tank to COSATU. At DST, he is responsible for strategically driving a portfolio of investments and policies that advance the social and economic development priorities of government through science and technology-based interventions. A particular area of focus is on science and technology for sustainable development.