Khanyile holds a PhD from the University of Pretoria, a Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa (Unisa) and a Master’s degree from Stellenbosch University. He currently serves as a non-executive director at Armscor, a managing director at Masharps College, an external supervisor at Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership and project leader for the National Defence Industry Council’s Strategy Development team.  He was one of the members of the Defence Review Committee that was tasked with writing the new Defence Review, which was approved by Parliament in 2015. Khanyile worked in the Department of Defence as Director: Planning and Programming before joining Barclays Africa as General Manager: Strategy and Business Sustainment.  In addition to his keen interest in defence strategy, value extraction and executive project management, he is an active rural community development volunteer. He is also a qualified Chartered Director from the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa.