Rob leads Bauer Media’s UK magazine business (Bauer Magazine Media); a portfolio of over 90 magazines, which sell 188 million copies a year.

Comprising some of the UK’s best-loved magazine titles; TV Choice, Take a Break, That’s Life, Grazia, Empire, heat, Motor Cycle News, CAR, Garden News, Angling Times and Yours, Bauer Magazine Media is the UK’s biggest consumer magazine publisher.

Rob joined the business, (formerly EMAP), in 1990 as Editor of MCN (Motor Cycle News), after various editorial posts on national newspapers, including The Sun and Daily Star.

He moved on to edit CAR magazine and then assumed a number of publishing roles until he became Managing Director of EMAP Australia in 2003.

In May 2016, following the decision to unite Bauer Media’s UK magazine business and H Bauer Publishing, Rob was given the responsibility for publishing across both businesses.