Thomas is Director of GlobalSource LLC, a US-based business intelligence company providing company, banking and personal due-diligence investigations, asset searches, litigation support, competitive intelligence, consulting and research services for large corporate clients. The companyspecializes in high-level networking with government and business leaders.* A former RAF aircrew officer, Thomas later became one of the most experienced journalists in the Middle East.* He was editor, foreign editor, foreign affairs correspondent, leader writer and personal columnist on newspapers including the International Herald Tribune, The Jerusalem Post, The Cyprus Mail and the Arab Press Service (as military and political analyst). For five years he wrote the Cyprus section in Encyclopaedia Britannica and wrote the Economist Intelligence Unit's Lebanon and Cyprus reports.* He opened the first Reuters office in Nicosia and was Bureau Chief for four years. He was a Reuters desk editor in Bahrain regional headquarters and an Iran-Iraq war correspondent in Dubai.* He broadcasts occasionally for RTE and writes for The Guardian and openDemocracy.net.Specialties: * Experienced international writer, broadcaster, investigative journalist.* Analyst and lecturer on international affairs and security.* International corporate due-diligence and investigations.* Geopolitcal analysis for Middle East, Africa, Europe, Russia and western Asia.