rst and then spent the following 16 years serving in the Royal Logistics Corps. His first direct involvement with international business was in 1998 when he completed his Master’s thesis (Operations Management from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1998)) studying quality in Chinese manufacturing. Highly numerate, his expertise has been in operations and manufacturing with particular emphasis on improving quality, speed and customer service whilst reducing costs. He has very strong leadership qualities that were developed during his service with the British Army, where he reached the rank of Major. After leaving the Army, he moved to China where he established a manufacturing business designed to enable Western SMEs to access C

 rst and then spent the following 16 years serving in the Royal Logistics Corps. His first direct involvement with international business was in 1998 when he completed his Master’s thesis (Operations Management from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1998)) studying quality in Chinese manufacturing. Highly numerate, his expertise has been in operations and manufacturing with particular emphasis on improving quality, speed and customer service whilst reducing costs. He has very strong leadership qualities that were developed during his service with the British Army, where he reached the rank of Major. After leaving the Army, he moved to China where he established a manufacturing business designed to enable Western SMEs to access C