[1] He started to work in 1954 as an accountant in Boshof, Orange Free State before he joined Federale Mynbou in 1965.
In 1978, he was awarded the position of Chief Financial officer at Gencor Limited.
[2] In 1986 he became chairman of Genbel South Africa Limited, an investment company.
[16] He felt that Apartheid right wing political parties members (which were not welcome in the old Afrikaner Broederbond) needed to come to terms with reality.
[17] De Beer however felt that the Afrikaans language and Christianity, together with cultural norms would remain part of the new organization.