Born in 1942, Brian is Chairman of BCC Marketing Services. Brian created BCC Marketing in 1988 to offer a database building service to the direct marketing industry. Brian has lived with his wife Jacquie, and their son Matthew, in the Northampton South constituency for 20 years. He was born and bred in the county, and together with his other son James, aged 35, still actively manages BCC Marketing, which is based in Wellingborough. In 1993, he co-founded Beechwood House Publishing Company Ltd with an ambitious and bright young South African, Walter Brinzer, to produce and publish directories. Some years later Brian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Brian is an avid fan and a shareholder of Northampton Town FC, a member of the County Cricket Club and a regular playing member of the Collingtree Golf Club. Brian is also a Freemason, and in particular is proud of its charitable work and its role in providing support and funding to local charitable and community projects.