Roger started his career with Booz, Allen & Hamilton as an international management consultant and has over 30 years’ experience in the leisure and gaming industries. In 1973 Roger joined Ladbrokes (Hilton), where he held a number of senior positions in the bookmaking, casino, lottery and gaming machine divisions. In 1986 he joined Bass where his roles included managing director of BMLS and Coral Racing and executive chairman of Bass Leisure South Africa. He retired from Bass in 1998. Since then, he has held a number of other non-executive directorships, including chairman of Arena Leisure plc, senior non-executive director of Sportech plc as well as directorships with a number of substantial privately held companies in the property, technology, publishing and exhibitions sectors.