PHILIP CAINE: Novelist / Raconteur / Public Speaker
BARROW TO BAGHDAD & BACK AGAIN
(My career story)
My talk begins with me leaving school . . .
- I talk about how my career began as a chef and hotel manager.
- My 17 years working the oil rigs in the North Sea.
- Followed by operating projects in Algeria & Nigeria..
- My time in Kazakhstan & Russia was particularly exciting.
- Not to mention the most dangerous place of all . . . Baghdad.
- My career culminated in Dubai where I ran an oil services company.
- The talk is full of interest, anecdotes, humour, and inspiration.
- I conclude with the writing of my latest novel (currently number 10)
My website provides further information and testimonials. www.philipcaine.com
BIO:
- Author of the JACK CASTLE and Shackleton Blister series of adventure novels.
- Born in 1950, in Barrow-in- Furness Philip’s working life began in the hotel business.
- His career developed in the oil industry and 30 years were spent in places such as the North Sea, Algeria, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Russia. - From 2003, he spent 7 years in post war Baghdad working with the American coalition and a further 3 years running oil services companies in Dubai.
-He retired in 2015 and began WRITING & PUBLIC SPEAKING, since then he has spoken at over 600 venues all over the UK and written 9 adventure thrillers.
Entrance is FREE
Free tea or coffee and a biscuit served from 10.00 when the doors open. The talk starts promptly at 10.30.
You are welcome to bring a friend.
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