Avril holds an MBA, MA in Advanced Organisational Consulting and B.Comm Honours. She is a Chief Director with the National Treasury where she is responsible for oversight over State Owned Enterprises. In this position she has led the design and implementation of financial structures for recapitalising state owned enterprises, including Eskom, SAA and Denel.

She was instrumental in the unbundling and listing of Vodacom. Prior to joining the National Treasury, she served as a consultant at McKinsey and Company, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and Kerzner International, after having worked at Old Mutual as the Project Manager responsible for developing the concept for a BEE Investment Vehicle and at Wipcapital as a Financial Risk Management Advisor.