To be clear, according to his LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/iancutress):

<<Academically I have obtained a doctorate degree (DPhil, aka PhD) from the University of Oxford>>

It does not say he is/was a professor. (Please correct me if wrong.) Still, a PhD from Oxford is an amazing achievement!

And, yes, I also enjoyed that bone-dry humor about enquiry about size of fingernail...