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RESUME Matthew Montagu-Pollock 235 High Kingsdown Bristol BS28DG Tel: 44-1173 408 4867 Mob: 44-758 3212 428 E-Mail: mmp997@gmail.com PERSONAL PROFILE I am a senior journalist with 23 years experience in Asia. My principal experience has been as senior correspondent for Asiamoney, part of the Euromoney / Institutional Investor group, for which I wrote many cover stories and won several awards. I am an economist by training, with an interest in the major issues facing the world's economies. More recently I have developed an interest in cities and in urbanism, as a result of settling in the beautiful city of Bristol. . EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Oct ’04- PUBLISHER / OWNER GLOBAL PROPERTY GUIDE (http://www.globalpropertyguide.com ) Over 7 years, the Global Property Guide built a reputation as the leading information source on global residential property. The IMF, World Bank and US Federal Reserve Board buy our proprietary data. The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, and Business Week quote our research. I also write on urbanism: see http://www.bristolagainsthighrises.com/ http://bristolcommentary.uk/ May‘94- 03 CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, ASIAMONEY MAGAZINE During the period 1994-2003 I was lead cover story writer for Asiamoney, writing major investigative pieces on Asia’s leading investment banks. I travelled extensively around Asia, meeting investment bankers, the heads of leading corporates, and government officials. I interviewed Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s PM,. Donald Tsang, Hong Kong’s chief executive, Thai politician Taksin Shinawatra, Indonesian president Jusuf Habibie, IMF and World Bank officials during the Asian crisis, many regional stockmarkets, and several Philippine finance secretaries. This was the senior writer’s position at Asiamoney. Awards: I won five Quarterly Euromoney Group No1 position awards – quite an achievement, given the size of their publishing empire, which includes not only Euromoney, but also Institutional Investor, and many specialist magazines. Initiatives: I initiated the Asiamoney Headhunters Poll, a significant money-spinner and brand-enhancer for Asiamoney ever since May '92 - Aug '93 LEHMAN BROTHERS - EQUITY RESEARCH Pacific Place, Hong Kong Economist/Editor As macro-economist, I wrote on the Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Philippine economies. In addition, I edited all Lehman Brothers’ Asian research reports. Nov '87 - May '92 ASIAN BUSINESS MAGAZINE Citicorp Centre, Hong Kong Finance Editor As Finance Editor for five years, I managed a team of writers, selecting them, paying them, and commissioning material, and covered a wide variety of topics from Hong Kong's exchange-rate policy, to leveraged aircraft leasing, to the changing fortunes of the leading stock brokerages.The 30-year old Asian Business had a Southeast Asia circulation of 80,000. Jan 84 - Sep87 KILBURN POLYTECHNIC Kilburn, North London Economics Lecturer " I taught economics with the usual full range of teaching duties, including lecturing, coursework, and supervising students. Mar85 - Sep87 Freelance writer for WHAT INVESTMENT (retail oriented investment magazine) WORLD INVESTOR (professional-oriented mutual-fund performance-watching Publications: 1987 ‘How to make money on the Stock Exchange’, 200 pp guide. Jan 76 - Jan78 BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY The University College at Buckingham Lecturer, English Language college. Left to pursue full-time education Oct 74 - Dec76 COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION Part 1 Bar Examinations. Nov 73 - May74 RUPERT CHETWYND & PTNS Fleet Street, London Six months training as a copywriter SUMMARY OF EDUCATION Oct '82 - ‘84 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS London Street, London PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology Interupted because I started working in journalism Oct 79 - Feb82 LANCASTER UNIVERSITY Lancaster M.A. Oct '69 - Feb '72 OXFORD UNIVERSITY Christ Church College B.A., M.A., in Politics, Philosophy and Economics Secondary: Westminster School Languages: English is my native tongue, Fluent French, good Spanish, learning Tagalog. Personal details: Marital Status: Married, two children Citizenship: British References: ·Brian Caplen, Brian.Caplen@FT.com , Editor, The Banker (http://www.thebanker.com/), former Editor-in-Chief, Asian Business magazine, Tel: 44-207 775 ·Chris Wright, chris@chriswrightmedia.com, Euromoney Correspondent, former Editor-in-Chief of Asiamoney Magazine, and formerly of Australian Financial Review, Tel: (65) 6618 0347, Mobile: (65) 9339 7037 ·Tony Ward, St Edmund's College, Cambridge University, England, CB3 0BN; Tel: 02082451246 Mob: 07815127229 CONTACT DETAILS: UK: 235 High Kingsdown Bristol BS2 8DG Tel: 44-1173 763 832 Mob: 44-758 3212 428 Skype: propertyguide E-Mail: matthew@montagu-pollock.org.uk matthew@globalpropertyguide.com

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  'Bristol should learn from cities like Barcelona and ban high rises from its centre'

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  Aug. 21, 2023

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  The Mayor’s disastrous disdain for the truth in pursuit of high rise

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  Aug. 22, 2022

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  'The feeling is growing that too much power has been put in the hands of one person'

  By Matthew Montagu-Pollock Verified

  Apr. 28, 2021

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