A law graduate of the University of Port Elizabeth (now the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), and the University of South Africa, David Broodryk commenced his career as practising attorney at the intellectual property firm Adams & Adams, following this with 15 years as Manager: Legal Services with the company known today as SAB Miller. In 1998 he relocated from Gauteng to the Western Cape, joining Remgro Management Services in a similar capacity. Following formal retirement, he operates as an intellectual property and commercial law adviser to a number of wine producers in the Western Cape.