Gert provides support in regulating Stellenbosch University’s trade mark portfolio and assisting in institutional copyright matters. Gert completed his BSc (Molecular Biology & Biotechnology), LLB and LLM (Intellectual Property Law) degrees at Stellenbosch University. He is currently enrolled for the LLD-programme, focusing on aspects in trade mark law.

He previously fulfilled duties as a research assistant at the Faculty of Law’s Department of Mercantile Law and an administrative officer at the Africa Centre for Scholarship, a division of Stellenbosch University International.