Originally a leather chemist Mike Redwood transferred into marketing while working with British leather specialists Pittards and as their Group Sales and Marketing Director helped formulate their global positioning based on innovative technical leathers. He has worked in S.Croce in Italy, Latin America, France, and the Netherlands for historic names such as Booths, Rosati and Barrow Hepburn and more contemporary ones such as ECCO, ADOC, and Fortune Brands (FootJoy and Titleist). Now self employed Mike is a Visiting Professor at the University of Northampton and writes occasional columns for sports and leather magazines throughout the world. He particularly enjoys his “cool hunting” column in the APLF news in Hong Kong.

Website: http://www.redwood.uk.com/