With 38 years of experience as a mediator and arbitrator, Attie is a seasoned dispute resolution practitioner. He specialises in commercial, Road Accident Fund (RAF), labour, and complex multi-party disputes, and serves on both the Tokiso Mediation and Rule 41A Mediation panels. 

Attie has conducted many mediations and private arbitrations since the late 1980s, working across mining and minerals, aviation, financial services and banking, oil, gas and chemicals, construction and engineering, telecommunications, healthcare, and energy. He trained as a mediator and arbitrator with the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa (IMSSA), the training ground for many of the country’s leading ADR practitioners. 

His practical experience is backed by a strong academic foundation. Attie holds a B.Proc. Law degree and a PhD in Sociology, and has held senior academic posts, including Associate Professor and Professor Extraordinaire in Industrial Sociology at the University of Pretoria, where he lectured in Industrial Relations and Dispute Resolution. He has published and contributed to books and seminar proceedings on dispute resolution. 

Beyond his caseload, Attie has trained the next generation of practitioners, presenting and examining ADR courses at universities and in the private sector. He has chaired formal enquiries, including one into race-based conditions of employment in the mining space, led workplace conflict investigations, and facilitated numerous Relationship By Objectives (RBO) processes.

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