Gerrit holds a B.Sc.Eng. (Civil Engineering) degree from the University of Pretoria and has over 40 years’ of engineering experience. Gerrit has extensive exposure to township and development schemes with particular reference to municipal services designs, implementation thereof and project and contract management. Gerrit joined GVM Incorporated, a private engineering firm in 1993 as a director, where after he became the Managing Director and owner in 2005, a position which he holds to date.