Not to be confused with Craig Happy Thompson and Craig Thomson.

Started working at Polygram Records factory in Walthamstow in 1984, then, after redundancy had brief spells at Lee Holme Audio and PRT Studios before going Decca in 1989. After redundancy in 1997 went freelance, working mainly with the Audio Archiving Company (formed by former Decca colleague Paschal Byrne). Returned to full time employment with UMG in their tape library in 2012, then in 2015 moved over to the UMG archive in as part of the Abbey Road team team involved in the preservation project. Left in 2020 and is currently freelancing and starting up his own business Cult Image.