Pieter has worked as a print and broadcast journalist in Ireland, the UK, Indonesia and, especially, Saharan and Sahelian Africa. He has been managing media and PR for the Mauritanian Embassy in London since it opened in 2013, having worked for the London embassies of Sudan and Indonesia in a similar role. He is also a business development manager for ACT shipping. He is also a historian, specialising in the Sahel region.
