Blaine has over 15 years’ Telecommunications and Technology research experience, covering both UK and European companies. During his career, he has held senior research positions at ABN AMRO, Salomon Brothers, (now Citigroup), and UBS. Blaine graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Computing and has an MBA (Finance) from Durham University. He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and the Chartered Institute for IT.