CEO of ORB (UK) since 2006 after eight years as Research Director. Worked in research since graduating in 1992 and specialise in issue-based, international and socio-political research. I spent a number of years conducting multi-country research in developing markets and spent the first five years of my research life polling in Central and Eastern Europe and listening to the opinions of those just out of the Soviet regime. More than 15 years experience in CVE research with emphasis on modelling drivers of vulnerability. Multiple years of tracking public opinion across Iraq Syria Yemen Somalia and the Sahel Closer to home provided private polling and focus groups on multiple election campaigns. Personally i've moderated and reported on more than 300 political focus groups in the UK, including a number of focus groups on behalf of BBC 2’s flagship political news programme Newsnight.I've travelled widely around the Middle East and Africa both training local field teams in quantitative methodologies and quality control but also briefing and listening to a range of focus groups that have evaluated programs, campaign messages and products.Specialties: Political opinion polling and focus groups throughout the UK, Middle East and Africa.