Stuart, based between the Graves and Sauternes wine region in SW France, has nearly 30 years experience in the Publishing Industry as a Business Development expert and is currently Global Business Development Director for ScienceOpen. Stuart’s career has variously been focused on selling Publisher content to University Libraries, helping develop the revenue stream for Oxford- and Cambridge-based start-ups until joining ScienceOpen and selling services to Publishers. Stuart is bilingual French-English and also counts German, Spanish and Italian amongst his languages and his extensive knowledge of the language and culture of clients has been extremely beneficial to his successes through the years.