I am a retired management skills trainer and event speaker; my company developed and ran senior management programmes for large IT companies in UK.

Over the last ten years, or so, I have been a wedding toastmaster, MC and celebrant - and performed MC work at corporate functions.

On a less serious side (although I never took my career seriously), I’ve written one business book ‘The Two Minute Message’ which puts the ‘elevator pitch myth ( and truth) in a sensible perspective. Not exactly Jeffrey Archer levels of sales but dribbles here and there - and I’ve done may business workshops on this, and other topics.

I tell folks I’m a freelance cartoonist and having had one ‘toon in ‘Private Eye’ and twenty or so in ‘The Oldie’ over the years, I can put up a reasonable case to defend that claim. I’m a very average magician but it gives me fun ( as my wife often points out in a rather patronising manner).