Robert (who was born in 1953) has had a varied background as an accountant, a computer programmer and systems analyst, a business and marketing consultant, a website designer, a trainer, an after dinner and motivational speaker, an author and a martial artist with over forty years of experience.
He is a fellow and founder member of IATAM the International Association for Trainers in Aggression Management. He is a 5th degree black belt in Karate Jutsu, a 5th degree black belt in Kyu Shin Ryu Karate and is registered as an Advanced Level instructor of Tai Chi with the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain.
Robert is a believer in 'lifelong learning' and as well as continuing to study in a variety of different areas he studied from 2007-2010 a full-time degree course which led to him being awarded a B.Sc. (Hons) in Sports Psychology and Martial Arts from the University of Derby (Buxton campus).
Professionally he runs Protectics Limited a company that specializes in delivering training courses in the management of anger, aggression and violence. He trains people in diverse organisations from small charities through to the NHS (English National Health Service) to be Anger Management coaches and teaches all sorts of customer facing people how to deal with Verbal and Physical aggression.