Stuart Attwood - Communicator Fred

Stuart started out with MENSA as Marketing Manager, but quickly realised his future lay in less cerebral environs.

Having found his way to London, he was taken under the benevolent wing of Peter Osborne at BBC Haymarket Exhibitions, as Marketing Manager for BBC Holiday Live.

Stuart's BBC Haymarket career was punctuated briefly by a 2 year 'mid-life career crisis' as Marketing Manager at Nickelodeon kids channel, working with clients including Coca-Cola, McDonald's, JVC and Smarties.

In total Stuart worked with BBC Haymarket for 8 years, finally as Show Director for BBC Tomorrows World Live. Stuart also contributed to the success of BBC Good Homes Show, BBC Gardeners World, BBC Holiday Live and Autosport.

Stuart went on to play his part in the setting up of a new events company, Brand Events. There he juggled his Show Director hat with that of many other roles, for over 2 years, helping to make Brand Events a successful player in the industry.

A sabbatical followed, finding Stuart in Central America, working as a scuba diver on a marine conservation project, where he met his dive instructor wife, Katherine. A period of world travel followed, including South East Asia and a year in the Caribbean marketing tourism, training dolphins and teaching scuba diving.

Stuart and Katherine eventually washed up in France where they've spent 2 years doing up old French houses and where their son, Reef, was born.