| 1952 |
Born, London UK |
| 1966 |
Awarded Royal Naval Officer Cadetship |
| 1969 |
Won Marine Society Prize |
| 1970 |
Appointed Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Economics, University of Nottingham |
| 1971 |
Appointed Executive Officer, Post Office Accountant General’s Department |
| 1972 |
Awarded Licentiate, Victoria College of Music |
| 1974 |
Appointed Examiner, Victoria College of Music (VCM) |
| 1975 |
Awarded HNC in Business Studies, Company Law, Statistics, Accountancy & Economics |
| 1975 |
Appointed Clerk to the College, VCM |
| 1976 |
Awarded Fellow, College of Violinists |
| 1977 |
Appointed Chief Executive, VCM |
| 1978 |
Appointed Proprietor, London Music Press |
| 1979 |
Elected Councillor, Derby City Council |
| 1980 |
Appointed Director, Derby Playhouse Theatre Ltd |
| 1981 |
Appointed Director, Metro Cinema Ltd |
| 1982 |
Elected Fellow, Institute of Sales and Marketing Managers |
| 1984 |
Appointed Voice Network Services Consultant, British Telecommunications plc |
| 1990 |
Awarded Honorary Member, VCM |
| 1993 |
Elected Mayor of the City of Derby |
| 1994 |
Appointed Director, Sinfonia Viva Orchestra Ltd |
| 1994 |
Co-founder, Disability Direct Syndicate Ltd |
| 1994 |
Awarded Associate, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| 1995 |
Elected Chairman, Derby Citizens Advice Bureau |
| 1996 |
Elected Chairman, Derbyshire Community Foundation |
| 1997 |
Appointed Chairman, Board of Visitors, HM Women’s Prison Foston Hall |
| 1998 |
Awarded RSA II in Information Technology |
| 2000 |
Appointed Member, Rail Passengers Committee for the Midlands |
| 2001 |
Appointed Chairman, Independent Monitoring Board, HM Open Prison Sudbury |
| 2002 |
Elected Chairman, Midland Mainline Passengers’ Panel |
| 2003 |
Elected Member, Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain |
| 2004 |
Appointed Partner, VCM |
| 2005 |
Elected President, Mid-Derbyshire and Derby Conservative Association |
| 2007 |
Appointed Member, Orchestras Live |
| 2007 |
Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce |
| 2009 |
Appointed Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians |
| 2011 |
Admitted Freeman of the City of London |
| 2011 |
Elected Chairman, Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust |
