I am a Registered Dietician with almost 40 years of experience, having spent much of my working life focusing on preventing and treating lifestyle diseases (inter alia diabetes, heart disease, and obesity) in my clients and patients.

My first years were spent at Baragwanath and Pretoria Academic Hospitals respectively. 

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 In 1993 I started my own Dietetic Private Practice (general dietetic practice with, special interest in diabetes, and renal disease) in which I worked for 24 years.

During that period, I opened 4 practices and employed other dieticians. I co-founded Dieticians At Work (DAW), a network of dieticians providing dietetic services across South Africa. I have served on the Executive Committee for the Association for Dietetics in SA, in the portfolio of Private Practicing Dieticians. I also did consultancy work for the food industry. 

Since 2012, I developed a specific passion for shift worker health and nutrition and joined Back to Basics - Nutrition (experts in providing mining shift worker nutrition supplements) in a product development role and as an active member of the Sales Team educating management and shift workers in the mining industry. 

I am passionate about the company’s philosophies, products and employee wellness contributions, and my expertise and leadership qualities have led me to become the Sales Director, heading up a competent and professional team of nutrition and sales staff.