Peter Shield, has a long history of involvement with the advertising, marketing and communication industry throughout Europe.

Born in Stockton-on-Tees and eductaed at York he took the somewhat unusal decision to walk down to London with the Nelson Mandela Freedom March.

After a hestitant start at working as the National Organiser of Commuist Student, the student wing of the Communist Party of Great Britian he decided to get a job with a future.

Starting with five years at the Financial Times he moved to The Economist, from there to launch a new newspaper, European Voice, for The Economist Group in Brussels. After two years in Brussels he resigned to spend three months cycling round the Midi and there started his love for the Aude.

Returning to Brussels he moved into the online world in 1997 by taking up the role of European Business Development Director for InterAd Sales Network, then onto European Sales Director for 24/7 Media in Amsterdam running sales team in 14 countries, and taking revenue from 100,000 euro to 35 million in two years. After a brief spell in Stockholm working for Emerging Technologies, a Venture Capitalist, he moved to Paris as Chief Operating Officer at Vivendi Universal.Net's ad2-one. Today he works as the Director of Strategy and Business Development for Decision News Media, a B2B publisher of news and science websites based in Montpellier. Peter is also President of Decision News Media Inc, based in Hoboken New Jersey and a Director of Decision News Media (UK) Ltd based in London. Peter has worked with some of Europe's largest websites, including www.msn.com, www.altavista.com, www.skynet.be, www.ifrance.com, www.bonjour.fr, and www.lemonde.fr His CV can be viewed here.

He has owned property in the Midi for the last six years and lived here for the last five. His latest project is the Domaine de Montrouch, a 50 acre isolated property were he is installing solar heating system, Photovoltaic panels, water filetering system, wind generators, and a natural swimming pool (Eventually). He also has fantasies about growing olives.

He is 39, lives with his partner, Caroline Coles, and the most stupid dog alive Mischa, by the riverside in Ribaute. His passions include local and European history, French and European politics, diving, cycling, ski-ing and walking in the hills.