Experience

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  • Management Consultant

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  OMIS

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Managing Consultant

    • Sep 1989 - Present
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Independent international business location strategy consultancy. Specialist services and advice linked to geographical issues - whether these relate to places, people or property, or to investment, divestment or occupation.

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  GOLIATH Investment

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Co-Founder

    • Jun 2006 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

    GOLIATH seeks to generate a high rate of return by investing in a diversified portfolio of global property assets suitable for occupation by international companies or built or refurbished to suit their offshore operating needs.

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  Publishing Partners

  • Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Owner

    • Apr 1997 - Present
    • Oxford, United Kingdom

    Publisher of authoritative, global, survey-based research undertaken by OMIS Research. Includes 'Britain's Best Cities', 'Best Locations for Business' and 'Best Locations for Contact Centres' series.

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  • Economist

    • Sep 1985 - Sep 1989

    Consultancy assignments included a global business review on behalf of a British tobacco manufacturer, various projects in the international oil and gas sector, and work funded by the World Bank in the Republic of Yemen. Also led research team at real estate advisers responsible for marketing Canary Wharf in London Docklands to the international financial services sector. Worked on several major corporate decentralisation projects from Central London including Barclays Bank (Coventry) and Lloyds TSB (Bristol, Newport).

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  Kleinwort Benson

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Equities Analyst

    • Jun 1985 - Sep 1986
    • London, United Kingdom

    Tobacco sector analyst employed by Grieveson, Grant & Co. (acquired by Kleinwort Benson).

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  PEIDA

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Economic Consultant

    • Jun 1984 - Jun 1985
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Economic modelling, forecasting and research. Key sectors of responsibility included offshore oil & gas, commercial and residential property and location branding ('Edinburgh's Capital').

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  University of Aberdeen

  • Lecturer, Dept of Economic Science

    • Sep 1983 - Jun 1984

    Undergraduate lecturer and tutor. Urban and regional economics research.