Following a successful 12-year career as a staff journalist with The Daily Telegraph and Conde Nast before becoming Features Editor of London’s The Evening Standard, in 2009 he set up his own business to create and manage events, and IP, that could scale internationally starting with the London Restaurant Festival. In 2016 he launched The National Cookery School Guide.

Simon Davis has also has written and presented over 40 programmes for the BBC and Channel 4 on design, travel and food, including Country House Rescue, Tales From Europe and Gordon Ramsay’s Best Restaurant. A well-connected creative thinker who focuses on business development.

Simon Davis has an MA from Manchester University.