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About Us
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Mike Forster
Following service with the RAF, Mike joined IBM (UK) Ltd where he held a variety of sales
and marketing positions. Frustrated by the constraints of an international corporation, he joined the Vickers Underwater Engineering
Group as a commercial submarine pilot, where he rose to become Operations Director, managing contracts in UK, Norway, Italy,
India, China and Brazil.
Following a sabbatical year, in which he took a Masters Degree at Lancaster University
School of Management and Organisational Psychology, he was appointed Managing Director of British Oceanics Ltd, the world
leader in the operation of commercial manned submarines. He later established the Newcastle Technology Centre, the first of
a series of regional centres which linked entrepreneurs and academics, in order to develop new products and processes.
In recent years, he has run his own small business, providing adventure activities in UK and Italy.
Mike
currently manages the overall Linking Entrepreneurs project in the South of Scotland.
Mike Forster (Dumfries and Galloway)
Mobile: 07590 231558
Email: mike@fusionlinking.co.uk
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Adam
Webster
Adam graduated from Agricultural College in 1984 and, after a spell in the
City, pursued a career in farming and ran several farms which were acquired by his family construction business. He and his
wife later set up their own construction company, forming Webster Design Construction Ltd in 1999.
He has lived
and worked in the Borders for over 14 years and is a serial networker with a wide range of business contacts. Adam currently
manages the Linking Entrepreneurs project throughout the Borders.
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David
Fraser Deputy Chairman, Fusion
Mike and Adam are
supported by David Fraser, Deputy Chairman of Fusion, who is based in Inverness. David comes from a background in steel &
rubber manufacturing & processing and book publishing. After a long and successful career heading up Microsoft in Europe,
he has founded, bought and sold a number of companies, floating one of his most successful on the stock exchange with revenues
in excess of £50m. Having lived in Singapore for more than 10 years and managing multi-cultural teams in India and China,
he understands multiple time zones and multi-language personalities in business. His motto is “there is nothing new
in business, it’s how you do it that’s new”. He is an enthusiastic champion of helping others achieve success
and one of his current roles is non-exec of a home furniture sourcing business in China.
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