Experience: Most recently Senior Adviser in Indonesia for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), responsible for constitutional and political law reform issues and the development of local government associations. Technical adviser on electoral issues in a variety of countries, including design of European Commission technical assistance to Cambodia for the 1998 election, coordination of registration observation for OSCE ODIHR in Bosnia/Hercegovina, and acting as European Commission supported chief technical adviser to the Palestinian Election Commission from 1994 to 1996. Twenty years¹ involvement in UK politics through the Liberal Party and Liberal Democrats, including six years as Vice Chair of the Party and four years as Secretary-General. Writer on Indonesian constitutional and electoral matters.
Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK; Master of Science degree in Statistics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Bachelor of Arts degree in Law from Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic (now the University of Northumbria), UK
