I have been involved in the bitumen road binder industry for the 40 years of my working life. My career has encompassed the following aspects: 1. Hands on management of road surfacing sites throughout the Southern African region. 2. Design and build of Bitumen distributors and mobile bitumen processing plants for on site use. 3. Design and implementation of new, fit for purpose road surfacing binders. 4. Founder, shareholder, and general manager of Tarspray cc. Whilst in this position, I developed new products which are now the accepted norm for certain aspects in road surfacing. 5. Founder, shareholder, and technical manager of Tekfalt Binders Pty Limited. In this position, I was responsible for the design and building a new road binder manufacturing factory, and it's product range quality control. Also the development of new fit for purpose products for use in the bitumen industry.