Mark Barry was born and grew up in Cardiff. He left in 1981 to study at Manchester University where he graduated in Physics and The nalysis of Science and Technology in 1985 before working in London and overseas in the IT/Software industry. From 1997, Mark spent five years in Management Consultancy working for the PA Consulting Group leading projects for blue chip and government clients in both Europe and North America. In 2003 and after a short stay at the Welsh Development Agency, he founded and was until 2009 Chief Executive of Cardiff Biotech Company, Q Chip Ltd. Mark now has his own consultancy business offering services including economic and transport policy development, programme management, business strategy and fund raising, especially for new technology companies. Mark is the author of the paper, “A Metro for Wales’ Capital City Region – Connecting Cardiff, Newport and The Valleys” published by the Cardiff Business Partnership and the Institute of Welsh Affairs in February 2011. http://www.cardiffbusinesspartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/iwa_metroreport.pdf

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Transport Secretary Philip Hammond’s vision of a high speed rail network not only excludes Wales, it will further damage our competitiveness

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