 He worked for eight years as a reporter for Channel Television, then worked as States commentator for BBC Radio Jersey, the Jersey Journal before moving to the United Kingdom where he worked for ITN World News CNBC's "Europe Today" and finally as the English language commentator on EuroNews 24 hour.He defeated Senator Leonard Norman for the position of Transport and Technical Services minister in a vote of the States Assembly in Dec 2005.De Faye ran unsuccessfully for Senator in 2002 finishing 7th of the candidates, and again in 2005 when he received 4,994 votes finishing 12th of the fifteen candidates.