Roger Mavity is a businessman, a writer and a photographer. He is currently chief executive of the Conran Group.
He started his career in advertising, setting up his own firm, Mavity Gilmore in 1981. He sold Mavity Gilmore in 1991 and joined Granada Ltd., where he was chief Executive of the Leisure Division and then the Technology Division. He also handled PR and communications for Granada's bid for the Forte Group under Gerry Robinson, the largest successful hostile takeover in UK commercial history. In 2003 he left to join communication consultancy Citigate Dewe Rogerson as chairman.[1] In 2006 he became chief executive of Conran Holdings, the parent company of Terence Conran's business empire.[2]
He is, with Stephen Bayley, co-author of 'Life's a Pitch', a best-selling guide to presentation skills. He has also written articles for several British newspapers, including The Observer.[3] and "The Times".
He has worked as an art photographer since 2008 when he graduated from The University of Westminster with a Masters degree in Photographic Studies. His first one-man photography show was held at London's Rebecca Hossack gallery in March 2009, and his work has since been exhibited in art shows in Paris, Amsterdam, Ghent, Brussels and London.