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This is where you’ll find posts about recently completed work and travels…

Spring/Early Summer


Apart from covering Brexit, Theresa May’s resignation and the daily “who’s nominating themselves or dropping out” Tory party updates, I’ve spent much of the spring/early summer traveling to places near and far. A return trip to Tokyo in April proved very lucky as I managed to arrive during Sakura,…

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A belated welcome to 2019


The year began with intense work preparing for a guest lecture at Columbia Business School’s Chazen Institute for Global Immersion. I spoke to a class of MBA students about Cuba’s economy, including the challenges, opportunities and sectors most viable for economic growth. I’ve never spoken to a…

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Drive economic growth through female entrepreneurship. The first steps? Pro-active policy and a coordinated ecosystem.


A recent report released by the Asia Foundation and Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicts Asia and the Pacific stand to gain 70% in per capita income within roughly two generations by eliminating gender disparities in employment and entrepreneurship. Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels While Asia and…

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