Pip Walsh was born and educated in Croydon and left Whitgift School in 1962. He subsequently went on to study graphic design at the University of the Arts, at the Elephant and Castle. He was a self-taught pianist from the age of four and, although destined to be an engineer, a late change of heart led him to a career spanning music, marketing, advertising, publishing and broadcasting.
He has founded three companies including most recently Excelsior, best known for its television dramas ‘The Darling Buds of May’ starring David Jason & Catherine Zeta-Jones, ‘A Touch Of Frost’ again with David Jason and ‘My Uncle Silas’ with Albert Finney.