Derick Serfontein became a member of Adamastor Consulting on 1 March 2017. His career began at Transnet where he was involved with traction yard electrification design, overhead traction supplies and electrical layouts and lighting for various buildings and marshalling yards. He then moved to consulting work, and was responsible for the electrical design of industrial projects and commercial building services.
Subsequent experience includes design and project management in a wide range of refinery, wastewater treatment plants, pump schemes, sugar mills, CBD reticulation and lighting scheme projects as well as electrical network master planning.