Formerly, from South Africa, he developed an interest in accounting education at the University of the Western Cape, completing his Ph. D. by investigating the learning difficulties of first year accounting students. He developed this research interest further as the Director of the Associate in Management (AIM) programme – an intensive management development programme designed to empower formerly disadvantaged South Africans to move into and through middle management – at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town. The author of several books and numerous journal articles, his primary research interest in recent years has been in the perceived benefits of the use of case studies by accounting students.