I worked for the Bank of England during the 1990s and then spent 20 years as chief economist at a major international fund. During that time I was heavily involved in research into commodity markets and predicting which way political events such as Brexit and Trump's first campaign might go.

I am also a published author of 3 climate-fiction thrillers (The Gold Trilogy, Bloodhound Books), 1 children's adventure story (Pax & The Missing Head, Tiny Tree) and 2 pantomime scripts (published on The Lazy Bee website). I studied writing at the Faber Academy in 2014. I am a member of the Society of Authors and the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators.