Nationality: BRITISH

Started working for The Rookie Academy in: 2009

Home Mountain: Val D'Isere

Qualifications: ISIA, ISTD, CSCF 2, BASI Trainer.

Countries where have you worked: France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Argentina, New Zealand.

Favourite resort: La Grave- France, Craigeburn- NZ, (and TC, obviously).

Career Highlight: Speed Test.

Other Interests: Windsurfing, Blues music.

My skiing career began in earnest at the age of three, donning strap-on skis to descend a modest slope in my parents’ garden in Rutland, England. Family ski holidays in Europe spawned an obsession with mountains generally and skiing specifically. After university, I spurned my books and headed to the Alps; well over decade later, I’m still there.

I am a qualified ski instructor to the top level (ISTD) and am a Race Coach (APC/CSCF 2). I’m also a trainer for the British Association of Snowsports Instructors (BASI), coaching and examining would-be ski teachers. I have taught throughout Europe, though I am based in Val d’Isere (France), where I co-direct a specialist ski school. I have also coached in the Southern Hemisphere, in Argentina and New Zealand.

I was lucky enough to return to New Zealand last Southern winter, working with the Rookie Academy at Treble Cone. If NZ is a country unsurpassed for its beauty, then TC is unsurpassed for its skiing. Within modest confines it contains audacious terrain. That is why I’ll see you there next NZ winter.