I worked at Reed Business Information for nearly 30 years, latterly as a managing director responsible for data services aimed at the energy and petrochemical, HR and banking sectors worldwide.
I was educated at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, where I read English and American Studies with a minor in Philosophy. Prior to that I attended St Ivo school in St Ives near Cambridge and then King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford.
I am a keen cyclist and I split my time between London and the Norfolk Coast.