Born in London, UK. Living in Mullumbimby, AustraliaDiscovered the nutritional qualities of Hemp seed while in Canada (1991) and this led to travelling the world searching for answers as to why this ‘eco-wonder plant’ was not being widely accepted.Created my own ‘chocolate bar’ based on hemp seed. Upon reaching supermarket level acceptance I considered the product a success (the best selling health food bar in supermarkets) and moved on to create a range of other food products, including Hemp Milk, Hemp Ice Cream, Hemp Bread and more, for various companies. These products continue to be successful.Developed a commercial Hemp based plastic as an alternative to mainstream petrochemicals. This environmentally friendly alternative is now being used in a number of products.Skills in promoting and marketing a sensitive, not-well-known product to the mainstream have proved valuable in my projects including founding a number of businesses; authoring 9 books; producing two music CDs and a TV pilot / DVD called Not The Cooking Show.Working in Australia in the hemp industry and as a manager of a luxury health spa led me to my goal to create a truly sustainable health retreat/business/community centre and have been accumulating knowledge to this end throughout my career.Higher Nature was next.Founder of Zeo International (formerly Zelfo Australia) and founder of the not-for-profit NGO Common Unity Foundation where I assisted those with a vision of setting up community. I founded the Southern Hemisphere's largest hemp food production company Hemp Foods Australia in 1999 and brought it through to legislative changes in 2017 as CEOAlso co-founder and CEO of Elixinol LLC, one of the world's largest manufacturer's of whole plant CBD hemp oil (low THC) bulk, OEM and branded products.CEO of Elixinol Global Limited (ASX: EXL) from inception, through IPO - growing the company from $100m to over $1/2bnNow Chairman of The Hemp Plastic Company and Non-Exec. Director Elixinol Global