School - Cranleigh Public School - Three ‘A’ Levels, 1 AS Level, 10 ‘O’ Levels
College - Guildford Technical College - BTEC in Accounting, Law and banking
Open University - Part 2 Qualified ACCA
Art of Negotiation and Procurement Courses
Numerous Management Courses at the Sundridge Park Management College including Project Management
Numerous Courses in CDM (1994), Health & Safety and Quality Assurance
Various Project Management and Real Estate Development training
30+ years of experience in both large and small scale construction and fit out projects in the commercial, hospitality, food & beverage, retail and residential sectors from standard to luxury levels of quality.
The vast majority of this experience has been in Russia where the conditions are difficult to say the least and "firefighting" is the norm dealing with unusual situations on a daily basis. It is said that if you can successfully contract in Russia then you can successfully contract anywhere and this statement gives an indication of the complexity of working there.
Dec 2015 – present Projects/Operations/Technical Director - English Workshops LLC, Moscow, Russia
May 2014 – Dec 2015 Adviser to General Director and Special Projects Director - Shafran LLC, Moscow, Russia
Oct 2009 – May 2014 Project Director and Managing Director - Saffron Projects LLC, Moscow, Russia
Jan 2008 – Oct 2009 Project Director for the 400,000 m2 Vegas shopping mall for Crocus Group, Moscow, Russia
