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State schools
Loughborough University (BSc economics and law 1973)Sussex University (MSc systems and econometrics 1974)Oxford UniversityLondon UniversityUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA (PhD economics 1978).

Economist and founder director, leading broadcast and communications group, manufacturing and commissioning electronics equipment to radio stations in over 50 countries 1980-91
Adviser, Home Office on broadcasting matters
Former radio broadcaster and journalist
Has been an adviser to foreign governments on the establishment and management of radio stations, including the Russian Federation
Has lived and worked extensively in Europe, Africa, the Far East, and former Soviet Union.

Contested South Shields 1987 general election. Member for Mid-Staffordshire 1992-97, and for Lichfield since May 1, 1997.

PPS to Michael Jack as Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1996-97.