Rob has over 40 years of retail and supply chain experience, specialising in content businesses, music, film, and gaming. Rob is a trained Business Coach and specialises in working with business leaders and C-Suite Executives. 

Joining the Woolworths Group in 1982, he progressed to occupy senior Entertainment industry positions, including Head of Sales and Marketing at EUK and Managing Director of Handleman UK. 

In 2005 Rob relocated to Bentonville in the USA, as Group Vice President, Wal-Mart and Global Sourcing for Handleman Company.    

He joined Tesco in July 2008 as Category Director for Entertainment, where he managed the acquisition of Handleman UK and its transformation to Oakwood Distribution. He was also on the boards of Blinkbox and on the Exec Boards of the Entertainment Retail Association (ERA). He was also Chairman of the Official Charts Company (OCC), where he oversaw a complete rebrand of the organisation and the introduction of the Number 1 awards in 2012.  

Rob left Tesco in January 2013 to run his own consultancy, with clients such as Sony DADC, Sky and the major movie studios, He now works with start-ups and emerging businesses, helping them with strategy, business planning, fund raising and client acquisition as well as sitting on several advisory boards and industry associations. In 2019, Rob became a Group Chairman of Vistage, working with CEOs and business leaders as a coach and peer-to-peer advisory board leader. He now operates his own consultancy as Saltant Ltd. 

Rob was also the MD of specialist energy consultancy LSTC group and led an MBO in 2023. LSTC provides expert support to the energy industry, leading projects on overhead lines, both new lines and renewals.