RAEng Newton Fund:  Building Industry-Academia Linkages in Kazakhstan   The Royal Academy of Engineering is the UK’s National Academy for Engineering. It brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors to advance and promote excellence…

Peter chaired a “CATBIG” meeting sponsored by The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS). Held at British Expertise in London, the event featured Charles Hendry (the Prime Minister’s trade envoy for Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan) and Tahir Taghizade (the newly appointed Ambassador…

Peter gave an illustrated talk entitled “Experiences of living in the late 1980s Soviet Union compared to Russia now”. The talk was held on Friday, 17 January 2014 for the Sutton Russian Circle at The Friends Meeting House, 10 Cedar Road,…

Peter recently visited the longest 10¼” narrow gauge steam railway in the world and saw their unique Garratt locomotives “Norfolk Hero” and “Norfolk Heroine” which were especially built for this line. Opened in 1982 this 4 mile line runs through…

  Peter Lindsay traveled to Uzbekistan between June 3rd and 6th to attend the International Conference “Key Reserves for Food Production Program in Uzbekistan” held in Tashkent. Having made many visits over the years, especially between 1996 and 1999 when he established a local…

SGS has just published a book to celebrate the 60th anniversary of  SGS in Taiwan. Peter was asked to contribute a section about his memories of living and working in Taiwan in the mid 1980s, by  Dennis Yang the Chief Operating Officer for SGS Eastern…

Peter was appointed Mission Manager / Leader for the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) “Eco Cities Mission to Taiwan” in September and “Mass Transport – British Capabilities – Conference in Romania” in October 2013. In June 2014 Peter led 8 mid-level managers…