Dr Mike Masiapato, spent two decades in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster. His experience spans through the police, defence intelligence, civilian intelligence structures and the Financial Intelligence Centre. He holds two Doctoral degrees, one being of literature & philosophy from University of Johannesburg, the other being Doctor of philosophy from University of Witwatersrand. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Management from the University of Pretoria. His honours degree in Public Administration is from the University of South Africa, whilst his junior degree is from the University of Venda. He also completed the Executive National Security Programme (ENSP) from the South African National Defence College.