A highly-experienced journalist, editor and public speaker, specialising at the moment in the automotive industry. A judge at the 2018 Press Gazette Journalist of the Year Awards. Highly-traveled, having worked in 60 countries to date. Four years as an expatriate in the Ivory Coast, two years in Senegal and two in New York. Previous experience in the drinks industry with Beefeater Gin as International Duty-Free Director and in the tobacco industry with Rothmans International as Market Manager Ivory Coast and Market Manager Senegal. Outside interests include cricket (four years on the General Committee of Surrey County Cricket Club), football and rugby union, as well as animal welfare and the Times crossword.