Pieter studied Technical Education at the Pretoria College of Education and obtained his B.ED Honors at the University of Johannesburg then completed an Assessors Diploma at Northwest University. He spent 37 years as a high school teacher, the last 18 of which were as principal of Barberton High School. He has served on various Provincial Councils of the SAOU for the past 20 years and on the Provincial Council of FEDSAS for the past 4 years.

CEO Dr. Jaco Deacon, Deputy CEO Riaan van der Bergh, Operational Manager  - Constanze van der Walt and  Paul Rencken,  Corporate and Business Development Manager - were in attendance at the National DBE Lekgotla.

FEDSAS is 30 years old this year -  30 years of outstanding service to the school communities of South Africa. The theme this year is “WE BELONG”. We belong to an organization that: informs, organizes and mobilises our members to achieve and uphold high education standards. FEDSAS focuses on the development of capable school governing bodies of public schools. FEDSAS  -  the leader in school governance and school management.