Summarising myself in a few catchy lines has never worked.

What drives me is understanding how things work and fit together — markets, policy, organisations, incentives, people. If I had to use one word: systemic.

I’ve spent more than 20 years working across investment management, law, finance and public policy. Analysing developments, explaining what they mean, helping people decide what to do next.

I also advise entrepreneurs and investors on complex developments. More on that here.

The Bored Wonk is where I explore ideas more freely. All attempts to make sense of a complex world:

Deep Dive – Unpacking complex topics, one read at a time.

Loose Thought – Quick ideas and observations, no finishing required.

Signal – Small shifts that might signal something bigger.

Found Elsewhere – Interesting reads from around the web.

This is how it always ends. With death. But first there was life. Hidden beneath the blah, blah, blah. It’s all settled beneath the chitter chatter and the noise. Silence and sentiment. Emotion and fear. The haggard, inconstant flashes of beauty. And then the wretched squalor and miserable humanity. All buried under the cover of the embarrassment of being in the world, blah, blah, blah… Beyond there is what lies beyond. I don’t deal with what lies beyond. Therefore… let this novel begin. After all… it’s just a trick. Yes, it’s just a trick.

La Grande Bellezza