Herman van Dyk is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa), Associate Chartered Accountant (England and Wales) and a Master Tax Practitioner (SA). He holds a Master of Commerce cum laude in South African and International Taxation (North-West University) and his dissertation entitled “Grounds for allowing a tax deduction for employee share incentives” received the award for best dissertation.

Herman lectures taxation to postgraduate chartered accountancy and master’s students. He serves on the National Tax Operations Committee and Central Region Tax Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). He has several accredited journal article publications to his credit. He has also contributed to SILKE: South African Income Tax (Student Edition).