is the Founder and Chairman of the Lonworld Group, a private finance, property and investment company. Formerly, a Senior Manager of ANZ Grindlays Bank Plc. in London, heading the Middle East and Indian Sub-Continent divisions of the Private bank, which he left to found Lonworld in 1992.
He is a Governor of London Business School and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Management from the School. He serves on a number of Boards in the areas of investment, finance, regulation, consulting, education and the arts.
He is a regular speaker on business and economic affairs on television (i.e. CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, and BBC World), radio and at business forums. He is passionately engaged with supporting art and education, which he believes plays an increasingly important role in bridging the cultural divide, as well as improving the lives, and standards of living of people around the world.
He is the co author of the management books ‘Sand to Silicon’ (2002) and ‘Sand to Silicon - Going Global’ (2008). He also contributed, as the British Museum’s Senior Advisor, to the books accompanying the exhibitions ‘Word into Art’ (London, 2006) and ‘Word into Art’ (Dubai, 2008). He is the author of Art of The Middle East (Merrell, London 2010).