My Career Story

Philip’s talk begins with him leaving school … he will talk about how my career began as a chef and hotel manager … then 17 years working the oil rigs in the North Sea, followed by operating projects in Algeria and Nigeria. His time in Kazakhstan & Russia was particularly exciting … not to mention the most dangerous place of all …. Baghdad.

His career culminated in Dubai where he ran an oil services company.

After retiring, he began writing and is the author of the Jack Castle and Shackleton Blister series of adventure novels.

Speaker biography

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 and public speaking.  Since then he has spoken at over 500 venues all over the UK and written 9 adventure thrillers. All Philip’s books are available in Paperback, eBook and Audio format.

More information is available on Philip’s website: www.philipcaine.com

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