Early Life
Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales, one of three siblings to two teacher parents, and studied languages at Exeter University. For the first three weeks, such was his painful shyness that Gilbert was unable to eat with other students in the canteen or even make friends with the student in the next room.
After graduating, Gilbert travelled for a year and a half around Australia and Asia before returning to Carmarthen and working as an admin assistant for the Welsh Office. His brother James also works for the Welsh Government. Gilbert later worked as a qualitative researcher for a number of different market research agencies in London.
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