Steve was born and bred in the South of England. His initial aspirations of becoming a guitarist (and following in his father’s footsteps) led to him undertaking a diploma in music. While on the course, Steve was involved with several local bands, one of which was followed by a local film crew who were documenting their ‘tour’ of the Isle of Wight. When filming was complete the director took Steve to one side to tell him he was one of the most natural on screen performers he had seen and suggested TV presenting as a career move. Within months Steve had enrolled on a Broadcast Journalism course at South Downs College and never looked back.

His first job in television was in 1995 when he was hired by Chelsea Football club to help set up their own TV channel. A very tight budget meant Steve would not only report and present but also turn his hand to camerawork and editing. Three years later and Steve enjoyed a summer transfer – leaving Chelsea to join Manchester United as a senior reporter on MUTV.

In 2000 Steve was offered the chance to present on Sky Sports News, becoming the youngest male anchor on the station. While presenting there, Steve was also asked to present a weekly phone-in programme for MUTV, and occasionally made appearances on Sky News.

2002 brought with it another move, with Steve leaving London and heading to Birmingham as a presenter and senior sports reporter for BBC Midlands Today. It was here where Steve worked alongside renowned presenter Nick Owen. When asked for advice on presenting, Nick told Steve ‘Just be yourself and treat the camera as a friend who is in the room with you’. Sounds simple but Steve puts much of his relaxed, effortless style down to those wise words. In fact Steve was soon asked to stand in for Nick as the programme’s co-anchor (becoming the youngest male anchor of a flagship BBC regional news programme), It was on one of these many occasions that he was spotted by ITV and in 2005 Steve switched channels again! His new role was with ITV Central as the main anchor of Central Tonight for the East Midlands (setting another record – youngest male anchor of an English ITV regional news programme). Steve regularly fronted the show both in studio and on location and was one of the first to break the news of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. Steve also co-presented a live half hour debate on the state of the NHS with the then Prime Minister Tony Blair and fronted many lively editions of the regional affairs programme ‘Extra Tonight’.

In 2009, with the East Midlands edition of Central Tonight enjoying its highest viewing figures for many years and ITV restructuring its regional map, Steve left on a high. A return to freelance work followed, most notably for ITN and Setanta Sports News. Steve points out that unfortunately he is no longer the youngest at anything!

Outside of work Steve can often be found charging around with his daughter Emma and son Ben. His hobbies include playing guitar and watching football, tennis and cricket. Although he won’t admit it easily, somewhere deep down he still thinks he has the potential to be a professional footballer. Most people who know him would disagree.