His first exposure to this industry was for two years in the early 70s, at Huntingdon, where he is now Managing Director. Prior to re-joining Huntingdon in September 1998 he was a Vice President of Covance Inc. and Managing Director Covance Laboratories Ltd. (previously Hazleton Europe Ltd) for nearly 12 years, having joined the company in 1979 as Finance Director. He is therefore no stranger to the activities of the Animal Rights Movement at both a business and personal level, and would claim some success in tackling them.