Stu has lived in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and China since 1987, and was once described by Nury Vittachi of HK Standard as “an honorary Asian.”

A serial entrepreneur, Stu is one of Asia Pacific’s most widely published travel writers with features in National Geographic Traveler, Travel + Leisure, etc, and was voted one of the world’s favourite 100 travel writers. “The perfect storyteller,” according to The Telegraph, UK.

He has written 6 books with sales of over 100,000 copies (best-seller list in 3 countries). Currently writing “First Birds to Fly” about innovation and maverick minds at work in Asia. Previously also contracted as a songwriter by Warner Bros publishing.

Stu also emceed the TEDx “Creativity & Collaboration” conference, facilitated a Seth Godin ‘Lynchpin’ meet, and is on the WIRED magazine readers’ panel. He has chaired panels and addressed hundreds of conferences around Asia Pacific.

A founding lecturer at the Institute of Advertising, Singapore, Stu was directly accredited to train by the father of lateral thinking, Dr Edward de Bono, and has consulted on creativity and run workshops for Citibank, Accor, Jabra, PATA, Flextronics, China Institute for Innovation, Tourism Malaysia, University of Washington, Unilever, and SHELL among many others.

He has a degree in Psychology and Mass Communication, and enjoys shredding on the ukulele, motorcycle touring, and reading Wired, Fast Company and Psychology Today magazines.