Ian was a UCCF Staff Worker from 1980 to 1983 after studying at LBC (Now LCD). He then worked, mainly in evangelism, for Isca Christian Fellowship in Exeter for 18 years. In 1996 he moved to London to work for Ichthus and started a tax and accountancy business to support himself and his family. This now occupies most of his time and he has now moved to Cambridge where his wife, Hilary, is a PhD student at Tyndale House.