Philip Cooper has a track record of managing the growth and profitability of regional subsidiaries of major organisations in different parts of the world. He has substantial board-level experience and has been a Director of several leading UK and US companies, and recently was a main board director of a high-growth joint venture publishing company.A graduate of the University of Wales (MBA & DBA) and member of the CIM, his areas of expertise include strategic business planning, marketing research, development & strategy and the internationalisation of SMEs. He has held senior management positions with multinational companies in the UK & USA, and has extensive management and strategic marketing consultancy experience in a variety of industries in different countries. In addition to his in-depth experience of strategy, planning and marketing, he has substantial practical knowledge of product, market and commercial development.Phil has extensive experience in the publishing and media communications industries and has specific consulting experience through World Bank, EU, DTI and WDA contracts in the automotive, aerospace, medical, food, construction & property, and service sectors. He is a committed internationalist, fluent in four European languages, and a fervent Welshman.