Ian Raitt

A Public and Government Relations consultant specializing in trade, inward investment and tourism promotion. Working through PR companies he founded in Kenya and then London, the successors to which still operate today, he has advised clients in these areas. He is a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council and an Honorary Member of the Middle East Association. A graduate of St Johns College, Cambridge he is a member of the Royal United Services Institute and the Royal African Society.”

Ian Hazeel

“A qualified Company Secretary, he worked for many years in the City of London in corporate finance and investment management. Subsequently a director of a property finance company and consultant to a venture capital group as an interim manager, he is now a partner in a small consultancy boutique specialising in the analysis and presentation of investment opportunities.”

David Selves

“A 15 year old school leaver who by 23 had qualified as a banker and was running his own businesses at 27, which, together with writing thrillers - one on Shield itself -, he has done ever since. A former Conservative Local Councillor and Parliamentary Candidate with a wealth of small and medium business and lending experience he has many other interests, including charity work, is a Deputy Chairman of the London Press Club and has been working on Shield since Paul Stonor invited him to do so with John Cockcroft in 1996. www.davidselves.com