Business Career

1. SALES, MARKETING & PR MANAGER, 7 years with HTV
2. Launched 194 RADIO CITY in Liverpool – Sales Manager
3. Moved in to the ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PR AGENCY business – Liverpool, Manchester, Dublin & Chelsea
4. PIONEERED direct marketing in the UK, commuting daily from Bristol to London by rail, trained in New York & Chicago
5. GENERAL MANAGER, Wunderman International (the world’s largest direct marketing company), London, Manchester, New York & Chicago.
6. DIRECTOR of DIRECT MARKETING, Rex Stewart & Mitchel Frise Agency, Bristol
7. FOUNDER & GENERAL MANAGER, Benton & Bowles Direct, the UK’s first multi-national Direct Marketing Company in Knightsbridge, London.
8. MANAGING DIRECTOR FCB Pasley Wood, London (part of the 3rd largest advertising in the world – Foot Cone & Belding), also chairman European network (13 countries)
9. LECTURER in direct marketing around Europe and USA/Canada as well as being a regular guest lecturer at West of England University Business School
10. MARKETING CONSULTANT for Sky Television, Business Link West, Clerical & Medical, TeleWest
11. MARKETING AND FOUNDATION DIRECTOR, Clifton College, Bristol
12. CURRENTLY SELF-EMPLOYED DOMESTIC GAS SERVICE ENGINEER in Portishead which allows me to devote time to Council matters.

Personal Background

1. Born in Cardiff
2. Educated at the CATHEDRAL SCHOOL, Llandaff (Cardiff) and later at MONKTON HOUSE SCHOOL for Boys
3. Trained as a baritone at the CARDIFF COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
4. Member of the chorus of the WELSH NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY
5. Soloist with the CARDIFF POLICE CHOIR and other musical groups
6. Winner of the Rose Bowl, Bath Music Festival (baritone)
7. Married to Linda, three gorgeous daughters and 10 even more gorgeous grandchildren!