Annie Challis was born and raised in England and started her careers as a disc jockey on Capital Radio in London, co-hosting a top-rated morning drive show.

On leaving Capital Radio Annie started a PR firm to the music industry and then at the urging of her friend and client Rod Stewart, Annie moved to Los Angeles to join his management company Stiefel Entertainment, where she became company President and managed Rod and other artists including The Nymphs, The Bangles and Patty Smyth.

After fifteen years Annie decided to leave Stiefel Entertainment to settle full time into her other love - Real Estate, where she has helped old and new friends buy and sell their homes.