Robert Spalding grew up in Suffolk, England, and was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds. He was a systems salesman before spending six years in the Middle East as a management consultant. He travelled to the US and earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked as president of Venosan North America and was an adjunct professor of strategy and entrepreneurship in the School of Business at High Point University. His storytelling was perfected as a gold-level Toastmaster. Robert now enjoys life in Portugal with his wife, Diane.
