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Expert was educated in law at University College, London and subsequently qualified as a solicitor. His early career was spent working in law and corporate management for various local authorities, where he reached the status of Assistant Chief Executive at the London Borough of Harrow. Prior to that, he was PA to the Chief Executive at Coventry, and Corporate Planning Manager at the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Kingston. He left to spend a year studying for an MBA degree at Cranfield Business School.

After Cranfield, he was recruited as a senior management consultant by Coopers & Lybrand. His main focus was on privatisation and value for money assignments in local and central government and other publicly supported organisations, and on profit improvement in commercial operations. His clients included the Lord Chancellor’s Department, The Law Society, the Royal Opera House and the National Theatre, British Telecom, the Corporation of the City of London and several local authorities.

He left to join the consulting company of accountants Pannell Kerr Forster. He became a director of the company and a partner in the firm. He was responsible for the firm’s consulting work in the leisure, tourism and sports industries. High profile work included assisting with the golf developments at Wisley and East Sussex National, with the City of Sheffield’s successful bid to host the World Student Games, with the island of Madeira’s tourism development strategy, with the viability of a national stadium for the Football Association of Wales, and with the formation of a leisure trust at Welwyn Hatfield Council.

In 1994, he founded his own consulting business. He has concentrated on the leisure and tourism industries, working across sectors with clients such as Fred Olsen Ltd, Peel Holdings plc, the State of Mississippi, USA, the Wales Tourist Board, the Scottish Golf Tourism Executive, Hertfordshire County Council, Whitbread plc, the Carnegie Club, Pacific Investments, Holmes Place, Erewash Borough Council, Gallagher Estates, English Partnerships, Down Hall Country House Hotel, Ashford Borough Council, Barratts, Invest NI and the All Saints School, Sheffield.

In summary, Expert can offer the following experience: Work in both public and private sectors. Board director of international management consulting company. Business development and profit responsibility for leisure and tourism industry sector. Technical skills in business and strategic planning, project feasibility studies, market research and analysis, operational reviews and implementation of change programmes, and design of funding proposals. Project experience in Europe, S.America and USA. Speaker at several conferences. Past Chairman of the Golf Consultants Association. Over fourteen years successful operation of own consultancy business.