Wit was born on 24 December 1952 in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. He graduated from the Pius X Lyceum (Amsterdam) in 1971, entering in that same year the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) of Amsterdam, from which he took the degree of Master of Laws with honours in 1977.[5] After completing his military service (1976–1978) as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Dutch Navy.[6] Wit was admitted in March 1978 as a Judicial Trainee at the Studiecentrum Rechtspleging (Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary) in Zutphen, where he remained until 1984.[4] During this period, he held the posts of Law Clerk in the Rotterdam District Court, Rotterdam, (1978–1980) and Deputy Prosecutor at the Amsterdam District Court (1980–1982) and worked as an attorney-at-law with the Law Firm of Van Doorne & SjollemainRotterdam.[4]
Wit was appointed Deputy Judge of the Rotterdam District Court in January 1984, Judge of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on 1 October 1986 where he functioned as Coordinating Judge, Court of First Instance, Curaçao (1993–1996); Coordinator Judge of Instruction, Netherlands Antilles (1994–1997); Coordinating Judge for the Dutch Windward Islands of Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba and from 2001 to 2005 as Senior Justice and Acting Chief Justice.[4]
