Started his longstanding career as an equity analyst with a leading firm of London stockbrokers, and was an investment columnist with the Financial Times.He started several of his own City-based corporate finance, broking and investment management firms from which he subsequently obtained profitable exits. He has also established several publicly quoted groups in Hong Kong, Australia and North America as well as the UK with a focus on financial services, technology and resources. He is founder chairman of the Golden Prospect investment fund and remains an active chairman or director of various companies in venture investing and secondary markets .Active globally .