General Rudman was an honorary Special Forces Operator, Pathfinder and parachutist instructor.

He was appointed to the post of Deputy Chief of the South African Army on 1 October 2011.

He retired at the end of 2014 and was succeeded by Maj Gen Lawrence Smith.

He was Army attaché to Washington, DC where he was replaced by Col Chris Gildenhuys from the Armoured corps.

After this prestigious posting, he was promoted to the rank of major general as Chief Director Corporate Services in the Army Headquarters successively under Lt Gen Gilbert Ramano and Lt Gen Solly Shoke.