Alan’s first 007 encounter was with a plastic frogman in the Thunderball board game. This led to his fist on-screen Bond encounter when he won a competition on a local newspaper for tickets to see On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. From that point on he was hooked on Bond.

His enthusiasm for all things Bond eventually led him to write the history of Bond in comics in James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007, and co-author The James Bond Lexicon with his wife, Gill.

Alan J. Porter is first and foremost a storyteller, with close to 40 fiction and non-fiction book publishing credits.

He is the Founder and Chief Content Officer of The Content Pool, that provides storytelling-driven content services to enable brands to deliver exceptional engaging customer experiences.

He has held senior leadership roles in Content Operations, Product Marketing, and Customer Experience.

Named one of the Top 25 Content Strategy Influencers and a Digital Strategy thought leader.