I have started, owned and developed a number of home shopping/retail businesses, particularly Early Learning Centre, Past Times, and currently Museum Selection Ltd trading as Pia Jewellery, Museum Selection and Culture Vullture, as well as Zoom Fulfilment Services Ltd.I also have interests in art history, archaeology and museums, and have until recently chaired the Commercial Board at the Ashmolean Museum and the Board of Directors of Watts Gallery Trading Company. I was previously a founder trustee of The Dresden Trust and chair of the Board of Trustees of the Levantine Foundation. I sponsor archaeology at the universities of Oxford, Reading and Kent.