Huw Francis graduated in engineering from Cranfield University in the UK and later gained a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the Central State University of Connecticut in the U.S. He has lived in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Turkey, while working as an Engineer, Business Manager, Communications & Management Consultant and Freelance Writer. He has visited more than thirty countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa for both business and pleasure over the last fifteen years.

As an independent consultant in the fields of business, management, (inter-cultural) communications and marketing, Huw Francis works for organisations serving international clientele. Clients have included Government Agencies, Education Institutions, Entrepreneurs and Private Companies. He has also worked on the creation of the Bilkent International School website and written a Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) study companion for international students.

Huw Francis also works as a freelance writer from his base in Ankara, Turkey. His articles, covering Turkey, travel, expatriate living, international business and parenting, have been published around the world (Eire, England, Canada, the US, India, the Middle East), in both print format and online. He is a local correspondent for International Living and a Contributing Editor (Expatriate Living) for Suite101.com.

March 2001 saw the release of Live and Work Abroad - A Guide for Modern Nomads, which Huw Francis co-authored with Michelyne Callan. The book is distributed around the world and is avaialble both online and in bookshops.