Experience
In 2001, at the age of 22, Alastair left full-time employment to start an internet business in the health information industry. He co-founded Medical News Today, building a company that became an influential health publisher, with a small team of dedicated writers producing high quality health information for a monthly audience of millions of health professionals and patients. Alastair sold Medical News Today to Healthline in 2016.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Alastair's first full time job involved providing technical support for Intuit's range of Quicken and Quickbooks accounting and financial software. Further contracts for software and hardware technical support followed, before Alastair followed his new passion for building websites. He began working for a leading UK internet service provider in the era of free dialup internet access, going on to become Web Manager.
The Calculator Site
Alastair initially created The Calculator Site in 2004 as a hobby. After selling Medical News Today in 2016, he began to devote more time to building calculators for the site. This includes the popular compound interest calculator, where Alastair has built deep expertise through years of research, testing and development of financial formulae and process.
The Calculator Site has grown in popularity and is now used by over 3 million people every month.
Away from work
When he's not developing calculators, Alastair enjoys writing about elements of entrepreneurship and how the internet is developing. He also enjoys cooking and baking, trying out new recipes and flavours.
Giving back is important to Alastair, so he actively engages in philanthropy, helping Eastbourne Foodbank and supporting Holding Space, a local charity supporting the parents and carers of children facing life struggles.
Alastair lives in rural East Sussex, where he can be found flying flags and adopting hedgehogs. You can find his personal website at argh.com.