Etienne matriculated from “Die Hoër Volkskool, Heidelberg” (in the then Transvaal) in 1987.  He obtained the degrees BCom (Law) and LLB from the PU for CHE (now NWU) in 1991 and 1993 respectively.  Upon completing his articles of clerkship at the end of 1995,  he was admitted as an Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer and practised as such until being called to the Bar in 1999.  He practised at the Johannesburg Bar from 1999 to 2015 when he took up dual membership with the Pretoria Bar from where he practices exclusively since 2018.  He is a qualified and admitted (non-practising) solicitor in the jurisdictions of England and Wales.  He is admitted in Namibia as an advocate and also a Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators.  He has acted as a Judge in the Gauteng Division, Pretoria. Etienne has a diverse civil and commercial practice with a focus on insurance- and commercial disputes.  He has been appointed as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.  He serves on a number of sub-committees of the Pretoria Bar.Outside of law Etienne has varied and many interests and hobbies.  He is an avid traveller having spent leisure time in more than 35 countries from Maputo to Moscow.  He enjoys the outdoors as a nature lover and farms commercially with game and cattle.  He is a keen sports enthusiast, supporting and following almost all ball sports with a preference for contact sport.  He is a keen reader of history and in particular books recording the Great Wars and South African history.  He is currently attempting his hand at a fixed wing PPL and has a keen interest in aviation. He has been married to Esmé, an Attorney, for 26 years and together they have raised three daughters, two undergraduate students and a high school learner.

Date of letters of patent conferring senior status, 5 May 2021.