Appointed 23 August 2019. Walter joined the Grindrod Group in 1990 and worked across numerous Grindrod divisions covering services offered by Grindrod in warehousing and container services, road transport, marine tally, ships agency, and Unicorn coastal service. He was executive director for Grindrod International Freight, which later became Röhlig-Grindrod, from 1999 to 2007. He was appointed Head of Business Development for the Grindrod Group in 2007. Walter left Grindrod in 2017 after 27 years’ service and was appointed as a consultant to Grindrod Limited in 2018. He is currently a director of companies and a trustee of various charitable trusts.