After leaving school in Bristol he attended Loughborough University where he achieved a Bachelor of Science honours degree in Sportscience and Recreation Management. Later he was awarded a Master of Science degree from the Central Washington University in the USA and then got a Doctor of Philosophy in Exercise Physiology from the University of Wollongong in Australia. Those qualifications have steered a career which spans 15 years in elite sport in the USA, Australia and the UK.

From the mid 1990s he was Sport Scientist at the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane where he worked closely with elite sportsmen and carried out applied physiological research and management evaluation projects. As the High Performance Manager for swimming at the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane from 1998 his work helped 13 swimmers from nine coaches get selected for the 2000 Olympic team winning 19 medals.

In 2001 he became Performance Director of the British Triathlon Association where he developed a performance pathway which spotted talent early and created medal winners. His work there helped secure 28 World, European and Commonwealth medals in six seasons including World Triathlon Champions in 2002 and 2006. Throughout his career he has worked closely training sportsmen and women, created talent pathways and management structures which have helped him become globally recognised within high performance sports management.

His expertise across all sports has also involved rugby and he has worked with the RFU in their coach development programme. He has operated strategically at a national level as part of UK Sport’s Performance Directors’ Forum and has most recently operated as a sports performance consultant giving strategic, coach development and scientific guidance to governing bodies, sports organisations and industry.