A graduate in Chemistry from University of London, I began my working life at British Aerospace Military Aircraft Group in 1979. I left the UK in 1981 to work with Litton Industries Inc in Japan, Singapore and the USA working on Oil & Gas and Petrochemical projects. I left Litton in 1993 to return to South East Asia to establish a business for a Canadian environmental services company and negotiated a 20 year service support contract with the Malaysian government for the supply of air and water pollution monitoring data which could be used to prosecute polluters.Returning to the UK in 1997, I took up a directorship at Zellweger Analytics a manufacturer of toxic gas detection equipment, and moved to a telecom software start up in 1999.I joined TDSi in 2003 when it was owned by Norbain SD Limited and led the buyout of TDSi from Norbain in February 2005. TDSi manufactures electronic access control and integrated security systems. Export sales have grown from 25% of the business to 40+%. TDSi became a part of the Vitaptotech Group in June 2019 which has since grown from 6 companies to 15.TDSi opened offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen in 2010 to support sales of our UK manufactured systems to the China market. I am active with the BSIA (British Security Industry Association) being Chairman of the Asset and Access Control Section from 2020 and previously Chair o the Export Council from 2006 to 2013. I was also an industry representative on the Security Sector Advisory Group (SSAG) for UKTI DSO.Specialties: Business turnaroundInternational Business DevelopmentMarketingStrategic Planning