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Ian G.M. Anderson
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Second Fridays was set up and is facilitated by Ian Anderson, Director & Consultant of Consult-igma Limited - an independent consultancy
‘Creating Opportunity & Solutions, Integrating Business Needs with Scientific Expertise & Technology’
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SECOND FRIDAYS HISTORY
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With the success of First Friday, Last Friday and Third Fridays business networking groups were also established, followed by Second Fridays in 2004.
With the launch of Second Fridays the 'Friday' business networking initially covered an geographical area from Chilworth to Chichester.
In 2007 Last Fridays was ‘suspended until further notice and’ in early 2008 the original Third Friday (Emsworth / Havant) closed.
In 2009 Second Fridays moved to our current venue at Silks White Horse Hotel, Romsey, where the networking has continued to flourish.
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Ian G.M. Anderson
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Until taking early retirement and setting up his own consultancy, Consult-igma Limited, Ian was a Principal Scientist with British American Tobacco, R&D in Southampton. He has also worked for Southampton University, and BDH Chemicals (now Merck).
Consult-igma Ltd, established in 2003, provides scientific support, innovative but practical solutions and ideas, which may be further developed and realised through personal expertise or through brokerage with acknowledged experts, associates and established commercial laboratories, using an extensive network of contacts built up throughout a lifetime of employment as a professional scientist and as Consultant / Director of Consult-igma Limited.
Apart from his consultancy business Ian is involved with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) through membership of the RSC Parliamentary Links Scheme. He is also a past member of the committee for the London Section of the Society for Chemical Industry (SCI) and until April 2008 was an Executive Committee Member of the Chromatographic Society, organising their recent and highly successful Informatics & Data Visualisation Conference in March 2008 at the Intech Science Centre & Planetarium, Winchester. Ian was also a past Steering Group Member of the UK Analytical Partnership (UKAP) set up jointly by the Department of Trade & Industry, the Laboratory of the Government Chemist and the RSC to promote and help to provide direction for UK analytical sciences, which was later disbanded.
Ian is an active networker both nationally and locally, regularly attending Fridays events and other events organised by Business Link Wessex, Wired Wessex and the Southampton Enterprise Hub at Chilworth where he enjoys meeting like minded people.
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Ian's interests cover both science and the arts. He enjoys photography and also runs a website to promote and exhibit his photo's - see www.art-IGMA.co.uk. Many of the albums featured on the Art-IGMA website may also be purchased on Ian’s Photobox Pro-Gallery which may be accessed at www.photoboxgallery.com/4929
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Finally, Ian is a Rotarian and member of the Southampton West Rotary Club, where he was the Club President (June 2008-June 2009)
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© Secondfridays.co.uk 2010
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