Hunt worked for many years as a City chartered accountant before being appointed as Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1992.
[2] In 2007 he succeeded Timothy Duke as Registrar of the College of Arms until 2014,[3] and has been a Member of Council of The Heraldry Society since 1997.
He was an elected Member of Common Council of the City of London Corporation (2004–2013) and is a liveryman and Past Master (2000–2001) of the Playing-Card Makers' Company.
He served in the Honourable Artillery Company retiring with the rank of Major in 2000.
He married Michaela Wedel in 1998; the couple have two sons and live in London.