Keith spent over 20 years in the investment banking world working for the likes of Citibank, Dresdner Bank and Bank of America, and retired as Director of Trading and Sales FOREX, Swiss Bank Corporation, Hong Kong, to pursue a role as an independent FOREX advisor.

Keith is co-founder of Entrepot Publishing Sdn Bhd, publishers of fine books, and is a published author and ghost-writer. Keith is a special interest speaker on cruise ships engaging travellers with tales of history and nature.

He is also a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society Of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAS).

His published works include:

• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites, Travellers Edition (Harper Collins)
• Penang - An inside Guide to its Historic Homes, Buildings, Monuments and Parks (MPH Publishing - 3rd Edition)
• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing)
• The Habitat - A Brief History of Penang Hill (Entrepot Publishing)
• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing)
• Penang - Then and Now, A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing – 2nd Edition)
• Bersama Lima – Five Together (Entrepot Publishing)

Keith is “International Living’s” Southeast Asian Editor (the world’s No.1 lifestyle retirement magazine), and is responsible for taking Malaysia to the No. 3 spot in the best places in the world to retire to. He lectures internationally on Malaysia, it’s history and it’s economy.

Keith also runs a weekly history podcast called “Rearview Mirror Chronicles” (Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, IHeart Radio etc), and is currently being listened to in over 120 countries worldwide).

Please go to my YouTube Channel to view samples of my speaking engagements.
https://youtu.be/Bu-qV-K6y1w
https://youtu.be/gv89qzIks0w

The following link will take you to my history podcast channel: https://rearviewmirrorchronicles.buzzsprout.com

Below are just some of my presentations:

The History of the British East India Company - From Spice to India
Join Keith as he discusses the rise of The East India Company, exploring how a small start up, a corporation founded in Tudor England, with only a handful of employees, came to rule India.

The British East India Company - from India to China
In the late seventeenth century the notorious British East India Company shifted its focus from India to China. Tea, silk, and porcelain were the main exports from China, but their main import into China was Opium, and they were ruthless in their quest to become the drug kings of the east.

The Japanese Invasion of Malaya - Including The Emergency and Konfrontasi
The Japanese attacked Malaya some 70 minutes before they attacked Peal Harbor. Quickly overrunning Malaya, Singapore fell some two months later. However, when the war ended for the rest of the world in 1945, Malaya didn't see peace until 1966. Join Keith on this extraordinary talk that covers WWII, The Emergency and Konfrontasi

The Magic Of Trees
Inspired by a book that he read in 2018, Keith wrote a Children's best selling book in 2020 about trees, titled "Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night" that surprisingly was bought by an overwhelming adult audience. In this fun infused lecture Keith talks about the magic of trees. How trees communicate with each other, how they feel joy and pain, and how they have a sense of humor. And most of this happens underground. After this lecture a walk in the woods will never seem the same again.

The Sage of Tea - Lu Yu
In this lecture Keith talks about the Tea Saint, Lu Yu. What Elvis was to Rock and Roll, Lu Yu was to the popularity of tea in Chinese society. We'll look at his life and his work and why some 2,000 years later the Chinese still revere this colorful character.

China’s Greatest Admiral – The Story of Zheng He
In the 15th century, Admiral Zheng He, on the orders of the Emperor of China, embarked on a series of extraordinary voyages of exploration. These voyages were undertaken in fleets of up to 300 colossal ships, with tens of thousands of men. Join Keith as he takes you on a journey of discovery from the coasts of China all the way to East Africa and beyond.

Raiders of the Lost Ark – Is the Ark of The Covenant in Japan?
The most important object in the universe, but also a somewhat invisible presence in the bible, the Ark of the Covenant has fueled stories for millennia, whether as a weapon of mass destruction, an elaborate filing cabinet for sacred laws, or as the very location where god and man meet. But where is it? Join Keith as he delves into the mysteries surrounding the Ark, its creation, its importance and where it might possibly be.

China
Join Keith as he discusses the world’s oldest civilization. What were the great moments in Chinese history and why the Opium Wars still feature so prominently in the modern Chinese school syllabus? The birth of the Chinese communist party and the very complicated legacy of Chairman Mao.

Farquhar and Raffles - Who Really Discovered Singapore?

The History of Tea – From China and Beyond

Captain Cook – History’s Greatest Explorer

The Mystery of The Holy Grail

World War 1 - The Crazy Causes

The American Revolution – The Causes and Effects

The History of Timekeeping

The Royal Africa Company

Greatness – How Did People Come To Be Called Great?

I have worked for Cunard for just over 6 years, and I speak internationally on Malaysia and South East Asia for International Living, a lifestyle based retirement magazine.