I am Professor of History and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. I joined UoP in March 2021. Prior to this I worked at the University of Hertfordshire, starting there as a lecturer in History in 2009 and subsequently serving as Head of History, Associate Dean Research and latterly as Dean of the School of Humanities. Academia is my second career. I previously spent twelve years working in the City trading interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives.
Books in order of publication:
The Origins of English Financial Markets: Investment and Speculation before the South Sea Bubble – 2009
Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England – 2023
Oak Lawn Library Friends 