Roger Mavity is a businessman, a writer and a photographer. He is currently chief executive of the Conran Group.He started his career in advertising, setting up his own firm, Mavity Gilmore in 1981. He sold Mavity Gilmore in 1991 and joined Granada Ltd., where he was chief Executive of the Leisure Division and then the Technology Division. He also handled PR and communications for Granada's bid for the Forte Group under Gerry Robinson, the largest successful hostile takeover in UK commercial history. In 2003 he left to join communication consultancy Citigate Dewe Rogerson as chairman. In 2006 he became chief executive of Conran Holdings, the parent company of Terence Conran's business empire.