Philip trained and worked in the City for several years before moving to Switzerland and becoming vice-president of Swisscom AG with responsibility for international investments in telecoms businesses in Europe, India and the Far East. He has served on the boards of several companies worldwide most notably in Delhi and in Kuala Lumpur (for a listed telecoms company). Recently he has been engaged in projects in the US and Latin America acquiring knowledge and expertise of the biofuels industry. He has wide experience of joint ventures, acquisitions, disposals, equity and debt offerings and general corporate and commercial work.