Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Louis is a SACNASP registered geohydrologist with 20 years’ experience in geohydrological investigations. He obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Geohydrology and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the University of the Free State. He started his career in 2000 at Geo Hydro Technologies in Bloemfontein where he obtained extensive field experience associated with rural water supply programs and environmental management reports for the mining sector. Thereafter, he moved to Pretoria to join Geo Pollution Technologies (GPT) where he mainly focused on contaminated land investigations. During the 5 year period with GPT, international experience was gained during an eight month secondment to Germany and the United Kingdom. Louis also spent a short period with Digby Wells and Associates in Johannesburg where he gained some valuable mining experience. He then joined the former Africon in 2005 and became an associate in the water sector in 2007. Africon formed part of an international merger in 2009 to form Aurecon. Just before the merger, Africon was ranked amongst the world’s top 200 international design firms and was South Africa’s largest engineering company. Louis’ main focus was groundwater potential assessments and exploration programs where he acted as project leader for various water supply programs. He was also involved in numerous specialist groundwater investigations for Environmental Impact Assessments and Water Use Licence Applications for the agricultural, industrial, mining & power generating industry. After 13 years of service at Aurecon, Louis started acting as independent geohydrological consultant for various private and corporate institutions. In 2020 Geovation (Pty) Ltd was founded, currently based in Pretoria.