Biography I’m an engineer. Born within the sound of lions roaring in Baillieston, my home has always been in Lanarkshire or Dumfriesshire, although I have lived in several parts of England, Wales, Luxembourg and Sweden for extended periods.
Now happily married with two grown girls, my working started at the age of nine as a lathe operator in our family machine shop and I have been working in small businesses or self-employed ever since. For most of the past 30 years I have been a freelance consultant working in IT and this has allowed me to help over 40 different companies in many industries including the Civil Service, the NHS, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing.
