Neil represents the Lobunye Group (as shareholder) and is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lyners.

He obtained his BSc (Eng) (Civil) from the University of Cape Town in 1985. After a brief stint in the construction industry with Clifford Harris, he joined Aurecon as a Design and Resident Engineer in April 1988 and became an associate in 1995.

Neil co-founded Lyners Adams in May 1997 and established Neil Lyners and Associates in March 1999.

Neil is a Professional Registered Civil Engineer and Professional Registered Construction Project Manager whose main fields of specialization include General Municipal Infrastructure Engineering including investigations, feasibility studies, planning, design, documentation, contract administration & Project Management, as well as Practice Management and Administration, Procurement Legislation, Procedures and Documentation.

He served as Western Cape Branch Chairman and Councillor of Consulting Engineers South Africa from 2002 until 2004, was elected Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering in May 2004, served as councillor with Boland College from 2005 to 2013, served as Reviewer of the Engineering Council of South Africa from 2014 to 2017 and has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Stellenbosch University since January 2015.