Oli Pettigrew

Oli Pettigrew
Born	2 April 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 30) Hong Kong
Occupation	Actor, model, and television host
Years active	1999 - present
Website
http://www.olipettigrew.com/

Oliver Pettigrew (born 2 April 1981) is a Hong Kong-born British actor, model, and television host, and now based in Singapore. He is best known for hosting Cybermax and Technomax on Animax and Sony Style on AXN.^[1]

He has a BA(Hons) degree in Corporate Communication. He is married to Linda Black, a model, presenter and author. They have a son born in 2008.

Career

Pettigrew began modelling from 1999, appearing in ads for several lifestyle brands culminating in a year-long Levi's campaign and a role in the film Gen Y Cops.

His original two-week holiday in Singapore led to a career shift for Pettigrew who moved to Singapore to be closer to his work. His television hosting career started with the UN backed environmental show ECO 4 THE WORLD which then led to him being hired as lead anchor for Starhub's coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2006.

Pettigrew was chosen by the AXN/Animax network to host Cybermax exclusively for the Animax network, a show which covered the World Cyber Games 2005 in Singapore. This effort led him to Technomax for AXN/Animax (2006-2007). He then returned to AXN in 2008-2009 as host for the second and third seasons of the primetime show Sony Style,^[2] as well as hosting Explore Middle East for Channel News Asia, Friday Picture House for HBO, Lonely Planet's Lonely Planet: Best in Asia.

Pettigrew's career continued in 2010 with a fourth season of Sony Style for AXN [http://www.sony-asia.com/pressrelease/asset/391192/section/regionalpressreleases}, a continuation of cult TV show 'Epad on Max' on the Max Network (Formerly Cinemax), a new season (as main host) of Lonely Planet's: Best in China for TLC, and the 'Food Shorts' for the newly launched Food Network Asia.

Pettigrew hosted the global broadcast of the Miss Earth 2010 finals from Vietnam [1] He currently hosts the TV game show, Cash Cab Asia [2].

External links

• Oli Pettigrew's official website

References

1. ^ Oli Pettigrew rises with style, CNA
2. ^ Sony Style TV magazine show on AXN

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Name	Pettigrew, Oli
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Date of birth	2 April 1981
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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