Alistair is a graduate of the University of Northumbria (Marketing) and post-graduate of the London Institute (Central St Martins). He is also a Diploma holder and Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (since 1990) and has recently been proposed for Fellowship.

During an international 20 year career in marketing and advertising, Alistair has developed from creative direction to marketing strategy, today combining effective marketing practice with creative thinking and insight. This has led to Alistair being deployed on a consulting basis for both clients and communications agencies in London, Singapore, Panama and extensively in Moscow.

Alistair’s early career was with the integrated Thompson and Tompkins Group in London, and his primary client was HRH The Aga Khan working on many Foundation and development projects, including collateral for the Ismaili Centre in Kensington.

With a core understanding of finance, having consulted for Deutsche Bank in Moscow, Close Wealth Management, Cayman National Bank and Alliance & Leicester, Alistair has also provided timely and effective marketing advice for capital projects for EastWest Capital (Moscow), VR Capital (Moscow) as well as major retail development brands such as Vision (Russia).

Alistair is retained to provide strategic marketing consultancy for the Isle of Man Government and is in charge of the Island’s country brand and inward investment strategy, “Freedom to Flourish”.

Alistair has an excellent reputation for ground-up development of marketing and brand strategies and also for troubleshooting or outright rescue of ailing marketing programmes.