Founder and Creative Director of Amphora Design, the international wine industry’s specialist design and branding consultants, Neil has developed his company over 30 years to become widely regarded as the industry’s go-to agency. Neil joined the wine trade in 1986, having graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. After gaining a wide experience of the traditional wine trade at the Bow Wine Vaults in the City of London, he spent a number of years with Cellarworld, The Fulham Road Wine Centre and The Fulham Road Wine School, and passed the Master of Wine examination in 1993. Having travelled extensively in the wine producing world, Neil lectures in the UK and abroad, and has contributed to a number of publications and broadcasts.