Work with me

You can hire me for

• Keynote speeches

• Conference and event talks

• After-dinner or festival conversations

• Panel participation

• Televised and live debates

• Broadcast commentary

• Documentary contributions

• Podcast and radio appearances

• Board and leadership briefings

• Bespoke talks developed around your organisation or event

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what i do

I speak and contribute commentary on Scotland’s economy, investment, energy, innovation, national renewal and strategic storytelling.​

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Drawing on experience across government, broadcasting, investment, public policy and the energy transition, I make complex subjects clear without stripping away their nuance.

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My talks are designed to give audiences a fresh way of understanding the issues, not simply another presentation full of familiar statistics and conclusions.

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My signature themes include:

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Making the Invisible Economy Visible

Why important companies, investments and projects remain poorly understood.

 

Scotland’s Story Gap
Why Scotland is often better at creating consequential work than explaining it.

 

What Economic Storytelling Gets Wrong
Why announcements, statistics and corporate messaging rarely create understanding on their own.​​​

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Selected Highlights include:

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Speaking & Keynotes

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero conference

• Glastonbury Festival

• Greenbelt Festival

• Institute for Government

• Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Panellist

• Head-to-head debate live on Sky News, chaired by Trevor Phillips, to launch Sky News’ ‘Common Ground’ programme

• Live (studio) audience debates including BBC ‘Debate Night’

 

commentary

• Trusted and highly featured expert commentator across major news outlets, including Sky News, BBC, Channel 4, ITV, STV, Times Radio, Talk Radio, BBC Radio 4, BBC 5 Live, and BBC Radio Scotland

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