Royal Marines Commando turned energy engineer, turned PhD economist, turned academic – research interests in international business, international taxation, and tax haven FDI by multinational firms from emerging economies.
Biography
My route into academia was indirect. I served as a Royal Marines Commando in the British Military from 2002 – 2008, then worked as an engineer in the energy sector from 2008 – 2018 before returning to formal study. That path – military operations, then industry, then research – shapes how I read business and economic problems, and I teach from evidence and current data, as an academic would and as a decision-maker must.
Qualifications
PhD in Economics, Aston University, 2023
MSc in Finance and Accounting, University of Wolverhampton, 2014
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Aston University, 2022
Awards
Selected for the Best Paper Proceedings, 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, July 2025 – approximately the top ten per cent of accepted papers.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA)
Teaching & research
Teaching
Economics
Finance
International Business
Data Analytics
Research
Tax havens and offshore financial centres
Outward foreign direct investment from developing and emerging economies
Corporate tax avoidance and the behaviour of multinational enterprises
Institutions, natural resources and the political economy of taxation
I am open to supervising prospective PhD candidates working in these areas, especially those considering using panel data and econometric approaches.
External Responsibilities
External Examiner, University of Staffordshire (January 2025 – Present), across taught undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral provision, including:
DBA theses
PhD theses
MSc Research Methods (quantitative and qualitative)
