Nigel Robbins was born in Guildford, Surrey, and he has lived in New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai and the Scottish Highlands. For many years he held senior creative roles with MTV Networks, launching music television channels from scratch and developing some of MTV’s landmark awards events across the Asia-Pacific. Nigel moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 2011 and he lives in Bangor, County Down.