Brian joined Aveng Mining in 1973. He started his career as a service mechanic on a road contract in Newcastle and then on to the Sishen-Saldanha railway line as a mechanic and earthworks foreman for a period of two years. He studied Civil Engineering at the Durban Technicon and worked as site agent on various projects as diverse as the Hoedspruit Airforce base, Aggeneys road and the railway line from Tahabazimbi to Ellisras. Brian continued to manage various contracts and carried out the Mossref infrastructure project in Mossel Bay. He was promoted to director in 1990 and returned to Johannesburg on completion of the project. Brian continued managing opencast contracts including Sandsloot Platinum Mine and Wonderwater Coal Mine.

Brian presently heads up Aveng Mining.