Education
Picken attended Newington College (1958–1967), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.
Picken attended Newington College (1958–1967), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.
He joined the Society for Technical Communication in 1988. He was elected to the board in 1998 and has served as Honorary Treasurer from 2003 to 2004 and Vice Chairman from 2005 to 2008. In December 2008 he was elected Chairman.
Picken has a long association with the racing industry and has successfully raced and bred horses.
He was Ringmaster at the 2007 Sydney Royal Easter Show.
He was also member of the AJC and is a Councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales (RAS).