Spencer Green (41) is the Chairman and Founder of GDS International, a privately owned business-to-business events and media company.
He is also a husband (to Emily) and father (to Finlay and Maya), a former Junior Wimbledon player, Wales rugby fan, practicing marathon runner, competitive cyclist and bad dancer.
You can read all about Spencer’s 2011 – the year in which he hopes to drive GDS International to even greater heights and complete his first marathon – in his blog here: Spencer Green’s GDS Blog.
Spencer and Emily have recently started a charitable project called 3.45 in aid of The National Autistic Society, which will receive proceeds from their marathon attempt (three hours and 45 minutes is Spencer’s target time) and this year’s GDS charity days.
Please follow what’s going on with 3.45 (and get involved!) here: Spencer Green’s Autism Philanthropy.
Spencer was educated at Clevedon and Millfield schools and took law at Kings College in London. After university, he worked as a member of The Rolling Stones’ road crew (he still has the stickers and the t-shirt) before embarking on a career in sales with Sterling Publications, which he joined in 1990.
Spencer started GDS in 1993 as a publishing house for the developing markets of China, India and South America.
Find out more about GDS here: About GDS International.
