Currently running a portfolio career of investments, non-exec roles & a charity trusteeship. Core business involvements are my shareholdings in Floresco Media, Varn Media, Suso Digital & ZapMap.

I founded SearchStar in 2005 and sold it to Welocalize in May 2019. Successfully exited in Dec 2020 having completed the earn out & brought in new management. SearchStar rebranded in Jan 2021as Adapt Worldwide and is currently a 120 staff multilingual digital marketing agency with offices in Bath & London managing advertising, SEO, content, analytics and conversion optimisation programmes for +200 ambitious global advertisers. 

Prior to SearchStar 10 years experience planning & buying advertising media for blue chip clients (IKEA, P&G, Glaxo SmithKline, Hertz, Eurostar & Apple) at MediaCom & Manning Gottlieb OMD. I'm a veteran of the digital advertising market having been one of the 1st people in the UK to buy ads off Google. 

Alongside SearchStar I co-founded www.nextgreencar.com in 2006 which spawned www.zap-map.com in 2014. Zap-Map has grown to become the UK's largest EV mapping & charging app and we sold a majority stake to Good Energy PLC in Jan 2019. It raised £9m in a series A in Sept 2022 & is currently moving towards Series B. I'm now a minority shareholder with no executive responsibility.

Co-founded Bollywood Christmas Ltd in 2005 selling indian sourced Christmas decorations in Christmas markets, B2C ecommerce & B2B wholesale. The business was sold in 2015 to J.C. Household Ltd.  It's thriving and is the leading business in their portfolio.