Charles Orton-Jones
Business writer
LATEST PROJECTS
Project
magazine
Interview: Rising Star
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Project magazine is the official mag of the Association of Project Managers. Each edition features a profile with a "rising star" of the profession. On this occasion I had the privilege to talk to the winner of the European Women in Construction & Engineering Award, a charismatic Spaniard working for Ferrovial Agroman. Read the article here.
E.ON
White Paper: Clean Energy Action Plan
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Energy utility E.ON wanted to promote its vision for clean air. The brief required I research the state of air pollution in the UK and globally, and draft policy recommendations. The result was a visually stunning, rigorous, and provocative report for E.ON to send to governments, the press, NGOs, and the general public, to prove its commitment to cleaner air.
Quantum
Interview: Quantum Motion and the race to build the first quantum chip
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Founded by John Norton, professor of nanoelectrics at UCL, and Simon Benjamin, professor of quantum technologies at Oxford University, Quantum Motion is tantalisingly close to launching a quantum chip based on Silicon processes. The result will be computation trillions of times faster than a classical CPU.
Allen & Overy
Survey: European private placements
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Magic circle lawfirm Allen & Overy is renowned for its annual survey of the private placement fund-raising market. We ran a YouGov survey to identify trends in bank lending versus alternative finance; sources of funding; and awareness of the ICMA's newly released official guidance.
Thought
Machine
Feature: Interview with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
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Thought Machine is the fastest growing fintech in the UK. Founded by ex-Googlers, it builds an operating system for banks, built on "cloud native" principles. To explain cloud native to potential clients I interviewed Cheryl Hung of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. We covered a large range of technical issues. Read the full interview here
FintechOS
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White paper: Trust in insurance
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FintechOS is ranked the #1 hottest start-up in Europe, according to industry peers. To market its software to the insurance market it needed a white paper on the technology problems faced by insurers. On a verbal brief I produced a white paper in three weeks. The document has helped FintechOS crack the market.