I began my career in the traditional fixed telecommunications area within British Telecom but in 1984 I joined the Radio Regulatory Department of the DTI where I spent many happy years involved in radio investigation activities. This included a substantial amount of work with mobile radio systems.
I began working for ETSI in 1992 when I moved from the South of England to the South of France. Since joining ETSI I have worked with many different Technical Committees and have been Secretary of the former ETSI Technical Assembly and more recently the ETSI Board. As Secretary to the Board I was heavily involved in the discussions which led to the creation of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP).
I currently head the Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) which has the primary role of supporting 3GPP. MCC has a very demanding task to perform which involves the full commitment of the whole team. There is more to life than work though, so I try to instill a policy of "work hard and play hard". So far it seems to have worked!