Oliver Pettigrew is a Hong Kong-born British actor, model, and television host, and now based in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. He is best known for hosting Cybermax and Technomax on Animax

Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

 and Sony Style

AXN Asia

AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region...

on AXN

AXN

AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...

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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

StarHub

StarHub Limited is a full-fledged telecommunications company providing a full range of services over mobile, internet and fixed platforms in Singapore...

'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, 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

MAX

Max, originally an abbreviation of "Maximilian" may refer to:-Surname:*Adolphe Max, Belgian politician*Gabriel von Max, Austrian painter*Peter Max, American artist*Tucker Max, American author-Fictional characters:...

 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

Miss Earth 2010

Miss Earth 2010, the 10th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam on December 4, 2010.Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title. At the conclusion of the competition, outgoing titleholder Miss...

finals from Vietnam http://worldshowbiz.info/beauty-contest/miss-earth-2010-final-will-be-hosted-by-oliver-pettigrew/ He currently hosts the TV game show, Cash Cab Asia http://www.axn-asia.com/shows/cash-cab-asia/season/1.