Experience

Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Correspondent and editor

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  The Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin is an independent newspaper. Published every week, the 8-page Bulletin is the top independent news product for the region. The Bulletin covers the week's general and business news without an agenda, an important identifier in Central Asia and the South Caucasus which is covered mainly by media pushing their owners' views. Our coverage is guide by our motto: Independence, integrity, brevity. The Bulletin is edited in Edinburgh and has correspondents throughout the region. It is read by government agencies. energy companies, univsersites, embassies and businessmen all over the world. For more information, to subscribe or to trial The Bulletin, visit www.thebulletin.news Show less



Daily Telegraph

• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Central Asia/FSU correspondent

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  Between July 2011 and Aug. 2012 this was a full-time correspondent position reporting on Central Asia from Almaty. This morphed into occassional freelance reporting for the next 9-1/2 years. On Feb. 24 this changed again. Since the end of Feb. I have been part of the Telegraph's remote Moscow bureau focused on reporting the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and its impact on Russia and its FSU neighbours. Between July 2011 and Aug. 2012 this was a full-time correspondent position reporting on Central Asia from Almaty. This morphed into occassional freelance reporting for the next 9-1/2 years. On Feb. 24 this changed again. Since the end of Feb. I have been part of the Telegraph's remote Moscow bureau focused on reporting the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and its impact on Russia and its FSU neighbours.



Cross Fell ltd

• Edinburgh

• Director

  • Mar 2011 - Present

  Cross Fell ltd is the UK-registered company that owns the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin. It is a research and news gathering company focused on Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Cross Fell produces the most insightful news and analysis from the region. Clients include research companies, banks and law firms. Cross Fell ltd is the UK-registered company that owns the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin. It is a research and news gathering company focused on Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Cross Fell produces the most insightful news and analysis from the region. Clients include research companies, banks and law firms.



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Correspondent

  • Sep 2004 - Apr 2010

  London: July '09 - April 2010 Moscow: Aug. '06 - July '09 Oslo: Aug. '05 - Aug. '06 London: Sept. '04 - Aug. '05 Highlights included frontline reporting from the Georgia-Russia war of 2008 and numerous solo trips to the North Caucasus. London: July '09 - April 2010 Moscow: Aug. '06 - July '09 Oslo: Aug. '05 - Aug. '06 London: Sept. '04 - Aug. '05 Highlights included frontline reporting from the Georgia-Russia war of 2008 and numerous solo trips to the North Caucasus.



Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Freelance correspondent

  • Sep 2002 - Jul 2004

  Reported from Central Asia for The Times of London, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Petroleum Argus, Metal Bulletin. Reported from Central Asia for The Times of London, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Petroleum Argus, Metal Bulletin.