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Short Biography

Wesley Baker is a British entrepreneur, founder, CEO and bestselling author with more than four decades of experience spanning travel, aviation, technology, medical devices, aerospace, software, artificial intelligence, manufacturing and distribution. He is Founder and CEO of PURE ONE Group and the author of travel memoirs, romantic fiction and spy thrillers.

Full Biography

Wesley Baker is a British entrepreneur, founder, CEO and bestselling author. For more than four decades he has founded, built and led businesses, developed new products and concepts, entered new markets and pursued opportunities across industries ranging from travel and aviation to medical devices, aerospace, software and artificial intelligence.

His professional life began in travel in the 1980s, working overseas seasons on the Mediterranean at a time when international holidays were still being reinvented. Travel became the spine of his career: creating, launching, developing and leading travel businesses, working across international markets, and — later — involvement in launching airline businesses.

Alongside travel, Wesley has built and led science-led and technology businesses. He was Founder and CEO of a medical-device company based in Minnesota, USA, for approximately seven years, developing innovative breath-detection technology. He was Founder and CEO of a space and aerospace rocket company working on concepts associated with space tourism flights, rocket technology, satellite launch systems and commercial space opportunities. He has held Board Director-level experience within an innovative science and technology company working in advanced detection of chemical, biological and weapons-related threats.

His software experience spans travel-industry software, gaming software and artificial intelligence, including founder involvement in one of the UK's early generative-AI software ventures. He continues to develop and explore AI software opportunities designed for specific industry sectors. His entrepreneurial experience also includes manufacturing in home fragrance and in watersports and surf lifestyle equipment, and Founder and CEO experience distributing lifestyle clothing and accessory brands across Europe.

Today Wesley is Founder and CEO of PURE ONE Group. He also invests in and acquires businesses where his experience can contribute to their development and growth, and his interests are expanding into property acquisition, investment and development.

Wesley is also a bestselling author. His books include the Echoes travel memoirs, the Sunshine Seasons novels and the James Barker spy thrillers — stories built from real places, real weather and people he has known. He hosts podcasts, writes the Journal at wesleybaker.com, speaks internationally and appears regularly as a podcast and media guest. A lifelong surfer, he lives in Whitstable, Kent.

Areas of Expertise

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Travel and tourism
  • Airlines and aviation
  • Business development
  • Leadership
  • International business
  • Publishing
  • Writing and travel writing
  • Surfing and ocean life
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Software and technology
  • Innovation
  • Aerospace and commercial space
  • Medical devices and detection technology
  • Business investment and acquisitions
  • UAP and UFO phenomena
  • Paranormal and unexplained phenomena

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Wesley Baker — portrait headshot

Wesley Baker — portrait headshot

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Mediterranean coastline

Mediterranean coastline

Atmospheric image accompanying the Echoes travel memoirs.

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Wesley Baker on stage

Wesley Baker on stage

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Dawn surf, Kent coast

Dawn surf, Kent coast

Lifestyle image reflecting Wesley's lifelong connection to the sea.

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Books

A Season in the Sun book cover

Sunshine Seasons · Book One

A Season in the Sun

Set against the sunlit backdrop of the Costa Brava, A Season in the Sun is a story of youth, freedom, friendship, first love and the moments that shape the rest of our lives.

New release · Formats: Paperback, eBook

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Echoes Travel Memoirs · Book Four

Echoes in Mallorca

From the neon nights of Magaluf and Palma Nova to the timeless beauty of Palma and the Tramuntana coastline, a deeply nostalgic memoir of Wesley's very first season working overseas as a young travel representative.

Available now · Formats: Paperback, eBook

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Echoes Travel Memoirs · Book Three

Echoes in Andalusia

A memoir of southern Spain, its people and the quiet rhythms of a life lived between languages, coastlines and seasons.

Available now · Formats: Paperback, eBook

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Echoes Travel Memoirs · Book Two

Spanish Sunshine

The second Echoes memoir, tracing the summers, cities and characters that turned a young traveller into a lifelong Mediterranean.

Available now · Formats: Hardback, Paperback, eBook

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Echoes Travel Memoirs · Book One

Echoes of a Season

The book Wesley almost didn't write. A tender, honest and vivid account of a single formative season and the people who never quite left.

Available now · Formats: Hardback, Paperback, eBook

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The James Barker Files · Book One

The Spy Who Found Me

The opening novel in The James Barker Files. Atmospheric, cinematic and deeply human — a story of trust, betrayal and the long shadow of the past.

Available now · Formats: Paperback, eBook

Press Contact

For interview requests, review copies, speaking engagements and media enquiries, email wesley@wesleybaker.com or use the contact form. More about Wesley's media work is on the Media & Speaking page.