1978 – 1987 Commissioned in Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Included Falkland Islands Campaign and 2 tours in Northern Ireland and Staff role in the Ministry of Defence.
1987 – 1997 Director of 2 underwriting agencies in the Lloyds of London insurance market with much time spent working across the USA.
1997 – 2004 Director of various investment management companies including Mercury Asset Management (acquired by Merrill Lynch), Atlantic Trust & Sandaire Family Office.
2004 – 2020 Managing Director and one of 4 founders of MTM Capital Partners – we established the first clean energy fund in China building projects using coalmine methane to generate electricity and advised or instigated many infrastructure type transactions in several African and Middle Eastern countries. We also set up a cyber security joint venture with a German technology company.
Also for 17 years to 2016 as a Trustee of King George’s Fund for Sailors (Seafarers UK) overseeing their finance and investments and currently Deputy Chairman of Mountbatten Hospice Group and CPRE (The Countryside Charity) in the Isle of Wight.