A business leader, independent director, and advisor to boards with extensive experience of growing businesses in Asia. Passionate about the provision of energy and its sustainable development, the beneficial application of technology, the provision of clean water, and about education and the arts.Based in Asia for the past 30-plus years, initially with a major corporate in roles with international and regional responsibilities. Founder of the consulting business TRI-ZEN, focused on strategy development and acquisitions in the energy space. Senior Advisor and former partner of the Huntington Group, an advisory role in insurance, finance and risk. Senior Advisor to G3, the global strategic intelligence, investigations and cyber advisory. Non-exec director of businesses and non-profits. Qualified as a Senior Accredited Director with Singapore's Institute of Directors.Former President of the British Chamber of Commerce, a former Chair of the group of Chambers established across Southeast Asia and a former board member of the European Chamber. Long standing member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and of the SIIA and Chatham House in the UK.An Honorary Fellow of Newcastle University in the UK and board member of its International University and of its Research Institute. Former Chairman and current member of the advisory board of Singapore Polytechnic School of Engineering & Life Sciences. Chaired the Singapore government initiative ‘Skills Future - Earn & Learn Program’ to reshape the curricula of Singapore’s tertiary educational institutions in the energy space; and a member of Singapore's select Core Initiative to internationalize its engineering profession. Supporter and a governing board member of various charitable institutions.An Eminent Fellow and Asian council member of the Energy Institute. A Fellow and former Chairman of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a member of the College of Fellows of the Institute of Engineers in Singapore, Co-founder and a director of the industry body for Asia's lubricants industries, and a former member of Southeast Asia’s upstream oil and gas council.Honoured by HM Queen Elizabeth with the OBE, conferred for services to British business in Asia. A British Citizen and Permanent Resident of Singapore.