1947 Born 1st December in Bideford
1953–1959 East the Water Primary School
1959-1965 Bideford Grammar School gaining 8 ‘O’ levels
1965-1968 Engineering Apprenticeship with MPJ Gauge & Tool in Bideford
1968-2002 AMP of Great Britain Limited in Britain and Europe
1989 Vice President of BGSOBA
1990 President of BGSOBA
1989-2014 BGSOBA Committee Member and Chairman 2002-2011
1996-2012 Council Member and Director of Devon County Football Association. Chairman of North Area 1998-2008.
2000 MA Marketing degree from Plymouth University
Life Member of West of England Amateur Rowing Association
2000-2010 Governor of Bideford Community College
Chairman of the North Devon Manufacturers Association
2009 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
2013 Life Member of the South Coast Rowing Council
2013 Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from North Devon Manufacturers Association.
2014 Life Member of Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association
Currently active as a trustee of the West of England Amateur Rowing Association, a trustee of the Friends of Suffolk Libraries, editor of the South Coast Rowing handbook and Invigilation with West Suffolk College and the University of Suffolk
