Roger has a BA(Hons)in Design. He has been in business for over 30 years, from architectural design, flooring sales and manufacturing, running a farm park, the family advertising agency, marketing, design and business consultancy. He works with companies both large and small and has played a role in building several successful multi-million pound companies in the southeast, winning European awards on the way. He has the experience of directly employing over seventy staff across various companies, as well as being responsible for client marketing department staff. Currently Managing Director of BIG Solutions Ltd and Education for Enterprise CIC. As Regional Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Kent and Policy Chairman for SE England, he represents a business membership of 7000 companies in Kent and circa 40,000 across the southeast. He is a member of the SEERA Executive (Economic Partners) and Plenary groups, (has chaired the manufacturing select committee), Regional and Local Skills Boards, Kent Economic Board, Kent Partnership, Sector Skills Steering group. His education interests have led him into creating an initiative with a colleague – Small Business Ambassadors (www.smallbusinessambassadors.co.uk), managed by a social enterprise company Education for Enterprise CIC. He works with a wide range of …