Subject Areas:

• Nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons: proliferation, national strategies, technology
• Terrorism involving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons
• IEDs and Explosives
• Antiterrorism countermeasures
• Country risk assessments
• Defence and foreign policies
• Military research and development

Clients and publications:

• Jane’s Information Group
• Jane’s Expert Network
• Jane’s Chem-Bio Web
• Jane’s Terrorism & Security Monitor
• Jane’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Defence
• Royal Institute for International Affairs
• Monterey Institute for Nonproliferation Studies
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Nuclear Information Service
• Military Periscope
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• Global Defence Review (GDR) Yearbook
• GDR Chemical Biological Warfare Review
• Nato’s Nations
• NBC International
• Strategic Intelligence Review
• Aviation Security International
• Defence Director
• Asian Military Review
• ASEAN Yearbook
• Gerson Lehrman Group
• Writing Solutions Ltd
• Expert Witness Database
• DIEMconsulting
• Defence & Security Systems International

Conferences and seminars:

• Jane’s WMD Conference (November 2002) Washington, D.C. – CBRN threats
• CBRN Resilience (April 2004) London – Nuclear/radiological terrorism
• Actuaries Seminar on Terrorism, (July 2004) Copenhagen – CBRN threats
• Sussex Police (September 2004) Brighton – CBRN Terrorism and Countermeasures
• CBRN Resilience (April 2005) London – Nuclear/radiological Terrorism
• Wilton Park WMD Conference (June 2005) – Nanotechnology and Future Nuclear Weapons
• Joint NBC Regiment Radiation Study Day (July 2005) – Nuclear/Radiological Terrorism and Countermeasures
• Aviation and Maritime Security (June 2006) Hong Kong – The CBRN Threat to Transportation
• TranSec World Expo, 27-28 June 2007, Amsterdam – The CBRN and Explosives Threat to Aviation
• Xth International CBRN Defence Symposium 6-8 November 2007, Defence Academy, Shrivenham, UK – Litvinenko: Aftermath of London’s First Radiological Dispersal Event
• Networked Public Safety Conference, London, 21-23 January 2008 – Lessons learned from the 2006 Litvinenko Polonium incident in London and the 1995 Sarin attacks in Tokyo
• CBRN Resilience, IQPC Conference, London, 8 July 2008 – Nuclear Terrorism: Myth and Reality
• Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Seminar, London, 17-18 October 2008, The IRA and IEDs
• Seminar, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex, 20 October 2008 – CBRN threats: Myth or Reality?
• Chairman of 4th NBC International Annual Conference, University of Brno, Czech Republic, 28-30 October 2008
• XIth International CBRN Defence Symposium, Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, 4-6 November 2008 – Radiological Weapons: Threat and Response
• CBRN Civil Support Teams’ Commanders Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (26 January 2009) – The Litvinenko Affair: the Gold Standard in Response to a Radiological Dispersal Event
• Counter Terror Expo, Olympia, London, February 2009 – IEDs: From the IRA to Here
• Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, Fort Detrick MA, 11 March 2009 – CBRN: Perception of the Threat in US and UK
• US Office of Naval Research, Washington DC, 12 March 2009 – IEDs: From the IRA to Now
• RTI International, Washington DC, 13 March 2009 – IRA and Technology Transfer
• Symposium, Carnegie Institution,14 March 2009, Washington D.C. – Nuclear Weapons: From the Manhattan Project to the Future
• City Security and Resilience Networks Business Seminar, 8 October 2009, London – Business Continuity Following a CBRNE Attack
• CSARN – City Security and Resilience Networks, Business Protection Seminar on Managing CBRN Risks (8 October 2009), Leicester Square, London – Mediation after a CBRN Event and the Effect on Business
• Defence and Research Dept Canada, Centre for Security Science, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Workshop (24 November 2009), Ottawa – The Convergence of CBRN and CIP (am) and IRA: Lessons Learned for IED Threats Today (pm)
• Needhams Business Continuity Practitioners Forum  (3 December 2009), London – Speaker on Expert Panel assessing Simulated Multiple Bomb Attack
• EDCON 2010, Annual Conference of the Canadian Explosives Technicians Assoc., Toronto, Canada (9 April 2010) – Evolution of IEDs
• Annual Conference, Hamilton Jet Ltd, (12 April 2010), Hever Castle, Sussex, UK, CBRN Threats to Maritime Security
• International Training Conference, International Assoc. of Bomb Technicians & Investigators (13-18 June 2010) – The IRA’s Bombing Campaign: The IED Challenge Then and Now
• Counter-IEDs 2010 (29-30 June 2010), London, CBRN IEDs
• Masterclass on IEDs: Facing the Challenge, SMi Group, Crowne Plaza St James, London (7 July 2010) – Masterclass Lead
• RAF Molesworth,  (24 August 2010), Morning Seminar on NBC Weaponisation
• SMI Counter-IED and Force Protection (6-7 October 2010), Robotic and other C-IED technologies
  
• Platform Survivability, Frankfurt (12-14 October 2010) – C-IED Pre-Event Workshop + Leading expert panel – Are we neglecting the CBRN threat?

Media appearances as an NBC expert:

BBC News 24, BBC Six O’clock News, BBC News at Ten, BBC Breakfast, Sky News, ITV News Channel, Channel 5 News, More 4, CBS News, CNN, NBC, ABC News, Nachtjournal, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Press TV, Radio 4 World at One, BBC World Service, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC local radio network, LBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe; national and local press in the UK, US and Ireland; press agencies: Press Association, Associated Press, Agence France Presse.
Consultant for TV documentaries: Spooks (BBC 1, episode on dirty bombs); Mountbatten: Death of a Royal (History Channel, RTE); Critical Times (history of nuclear power, Discovery Channel)

20 years experience in scientific publishing as a commissioning editor, writer and project manager:

• Brown Reference Group (1998-99)
  Project Manager, Encyclopedia of Technology and Applied Sciences
• Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (1995-98)
  Commissioning Editor, Military Technology, Science & Medicine
• Freelance defence and science writing (1994-95) BBC Publications, Sage Publications
• Central Office of Information, UK Government Information Service (1992-94)
  Writer on science and technology for client departments: Ministry of Defence, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• The Institute of Energy (1991-92)
  Publications Manager and Editor of Energy World magazine
• Unwin Hyman Ltd (1988-91)
  Science Editor, Earth & Life Sciences, Academic Books Division
• Freelance popular science and technology writing (1985-88)
  BBC Publications, Multimedia Publications, Sterling Publishing Group, Fourth Estate
• Omni magazine (1979-85) Public Relations & Assistant Editor

Education:

• B.A. Hons: Political Theory and Institutions, University of Liverpool (1974)
• M.A. in Nuclear Weapons Policy Studies, Open University (1991)
• City & Guilds Certificate in Adult Education (2002)