Menas experts

Dr Noel Brehony, CMG, Chair

After a long career in the UK Foreign Office and then as Rolls-Royce's director of Middle East Affairs, Noel Brehony joined Menas as chairman. He is the former president of the British Society of Middle East Studies, chair of the Council for British Research in the Levant, and an advisory board member at the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the council of the British Egyptian Society.

Phillip Griffin, Non-executive Director

A consultant with extensive practical experience of banking and advisory services in the Middle East, Phillip Griffin focuses on emerging markets, trade, and corporate finance. He earned the Citibank GAMS award in 1992.

Dr Charles Gurdon, Managing Director

After joining Menas Services Ltd as a researcher in 1980, Charles Gurdon oversaw the restructuring of the Menas group in which Menas Associates became the parent company. He has run our consulting portfolio and publication stable for over 20 years. He has a PhD from SOAS where he specialised in the Middle East and Africa.

Richard Schofield, Senior Adviser, Menas Borders

Based at King's College London, Richard Schofield is a world authority on boundary issues with a particular focus on the Middle East, and has advised governments and leading international law firms involved in boundary disputes before arbitral proceedings and the International Court of Justice.

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