50th birthday in May 2017 and took a year off to travel with family and friends and spend time with wife and children.

International technology venture investment and fund management business. Directly responsible for the company's inception and development including all capital raising, investment selection and management, international market expansion and hiring. Company still actively investing and launching new funds.Still significant share holder.

Working pro bono and directly with the President of Palau and with the Ambassador to Palau in the United Nations in New York in order to promote Palau as a pristine marine and biodiverse destination. Directly initiated and brokered transnational Blue Ocean relationship leading to the Monaco Blue initiative.

Main market London Stock Exchange listed technology and media investment bank built over a number of years from private client stockbroking shell. Produced the first major UK investment research report on the Internet in 1996.The business became a FTSE 250 bank in the period with a peak market capitalisation of over $3bn. Broad range of private and publicly listed clients in a full service investment bank. Worked as Director of Research in the bank and managed all activity on buy-side investment analysis.Directly responsible for co-founding and seed and follow-on funding a significant number of successful technology and main stream media businesses. Media banking practice was particularly active in music industry and involved years of immersion in the sector.Co-founded KVS Plc and was a founder Director and shareholder of the company which was later sold to Symantec for c$225m in cash.

Technology Hedge Fund. Worked alongside the manager of the fund on investment activity. Particular advisory role in analysis and selection of unlisted securities.

Sister company of Standard and Poors, specialising in technology market analysis. Headed up European market and company analysis of companies active in the area of technological convergence. Travelled globally meeting worlds largest technology companies and understanding their positioning and activity.

Continued PhD research on technology markets whilst also teaching undergraduates. Co-taught first undergraduate course in UK on economic impacts of the internet.

Transferred to Nottingham to continue PhD research and in order to benefit from specific specialisms of academics in the economics faculty for a year.