After graduating from Jesus College, Cambridge with a first in English he worked as a stage and voice actor for many years, with companies such as the New Shakespeare Company, The Cambridge Theatre Company and the BBC. He then qualified with an R.S.A Diploma in TEFL and taught for seven years at the prestigious Anglo-Continental Group of schools. In 1983 he formed TEFL Tapes to unite these two interests and has since directed and produced many hundreds of audio programmes and talking books for countless clients worldwide.