Born in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA Bransom always wanted to go to sea.

Graduating from Purdue University in 1974 with a BS in Industrial Management and a Commission as a Regular Officer in the United States Navy, he qualified as a Supply Officer in Submarines in the LOS ANGELES Class “Fast Attack” Submarine, USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN-690). He raced 33,000 miles around the World (west about, through the Antarctic) in the 1996/1997 BT Global Challenge.

Ashore, Bransom went into Commercial and Industrial Real Estate, first as a broker and then as President of a Real Estate development company operating in the USA and Canada.

He moved to the Isle of Man to set up a property trouble shooting division of a British Financial Institution operating in the British Isles, Europe and Africa.

Building on these experiences he became Marketing Director for an International Firm providing Legal Consulting, Trust and Asset Management Services before establishing Fine Focus .

Bransom plays the accordian and enjoys Vivaldi, ZZ Top and Alan Jackson.

A columnist, PADI Scuba Diver, public speaker and private pilot, above all Bransom is A Sailor.