- BEng Civil | University of Pretoria | 1989
- BEng (Hons) Transportation Engineering | University of Pretoria | 1993
- Registered Professional Engineer (Civil) | 1996
Jan is a co-founder of VGI Consulting Africa (Pty) Limitada. He is also the managing director of VGI Consulting (Pty) Ltd which he joined in 1992 as a civil engineer.
Jan has 32 years' experience with Petrochemical projects, specializing in overland gas and fuel pipelines, Petrochemical storage facilities and firefighting systems and petrochemical facilities.