Experience

IBS Research & Consultancy

• Türkiye
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager

  • 1985 - Present

  David Tonge is Director of IBS Research and Consultancy, which he founded in 1985 and has over 20 years’ consulting experience for leading international companies in Turkey and Central Asia, covering market analysis, strategic planning and policy, and market and regulatory development. IBS has carried out over 250 projects in electricity and gas, and David Tonge has led the majority of these. He has a particular speciality on gas marketing issues. David Tonge's involvement in the economy and industry of Turkey spans over 30 years. He also has extensive international experience. His breadth and depth of knowledge of Turkey, its leading companies, its practices and its institutions is complemented by experience in the Caucasus and Central Asia. He is a recognised authority on Turkey, being author of a wide range of publications on Turkey, including specialist reports on the energy sector. He has also developed and edited investment guides on various Central Asian republics He led three studies on gas marketing in Kazakhstan. He has been involved in acquisitions, privatizations, strategy studies and studies on energy efficiency. Show less



Financial Times

• London, United Kingdom

• Diplomatic Correspondent

  • 1978 - 1983

  This job required me to cover: - East-West relations including sanctions, pipeline politics and disarmament - North-South issues, including international development, the World Bank, the IMF and the Law of the Sea - British foreign policy, not least the EEC and the Falklands War This job required me to cover: - East-West relations including sanctions, pipeline politics and disarmament - North-South issues, including international development, the World Bank, the IMF and the Law of the Sea - British foreign policy, not least the EEC and the Falklands War



Freelance Journalist

• Athens, Greece

• Correspondent

  • 1969 - 1977

  Covering the politics and economics of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, not least the transition from the Colonels to parliamentary democracy Covering the politics and economics of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, not least the transition from the Colonels to parliamentary democracy