Richard J Fairhead

Richard Fairhead was born in 1957 to British parents and grew up in the UK near the south coast and has lived with his family in both the USA and Cyprus. He has dual Cyprus-UK citizenship.

He started work at the BBC, working first for the World Service and later on programmes like Pebble Mill at One and All Creatures Great and Small. He then left the BBC working as a freelance communications consultant around the world, primarily for NGOs. He has worked in about 36 countries and visited more than 45.

He has two sons, both post-modern young adults, and two grandchildren. He lives with his wife and two cats in Cyprus. When not involved with media or thinking through strategic approaches to sharing Jesus with this generation his passion is to sail: owning a small yacht.