Roy is a broadcasting consultant with wide-ranging experience in managing change and development in radio and television.  His career as a programme maker with the BBC spans a range from television news to radio features.  As Editor of Midlands Today, he won the Royal Television Society award for the best nightly regional news programme.  His current work includes training assignments throughout South East Europe on all aspects of broadcasting – journalism; management; and communication.  Roy also lectures on news issues at Salford University and is Honorary Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University.  He is a member of the board of Salford City Radio, the community radio station for Salford.

He is married with three children and lives near Macclesfield in Cheshire.