I’m a journalist, editor and documentary producer. Recent writings include Panama’s Pearl Islands, kidnapping in Colombia, as well as hotel trends, minimalist architecture, counterfeit drugs, child soldiers, property, robots and Macau. The film currently underway for BBC2 is about pandas. Aside from regular trips to Canada, I suppose they could best be described as stories that come from countries that are hot. Film projects: www.agbfilms.co.uk
Extra stuff: I’ve had various incarnations. 1. Music journalist for Smash Hits, Just Seventeen, Melody Maker, and Star, Sun, Mirror before six years as a commissioning editor at the London Evening Standard. 2. Central American explorer with 6 years’ in Costa Rica reporting from rainforests and mainly Colombia before launching one of the world’s first online travel portals in January 1995. 3. Marketer using the emergent internet to broadcast the work of local and international tourism and wildlife initiatives throughout Central America. The award-winning Green Arrow Guide was Central America’s first commercial online presence; the not-for-profit Conservation Connection was regarded as a pioneer of conservation marketing. 4. Back in the UK, editorial director (interactive) at an Omnicom agency, developing integrated editorial and marketing strategies for various clients including British Airways and CLEA which resulted in Primelocation.com) then as Managing Editor for the pan-European launches of the Opodo sites. 5. Travel journalist and UK hotel columnist for the FT. 6. Travel journalist and creative director for indie production company AGB Films.
