Robin is an anthropologist and ethnographer. He founded ESRO in 2004 to combine the best elements of academic and commercial research. Robin has a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and additionally has extensive knowledge of the theories that underpin culture, society and politics spanning psychology and sociology. Robin specialises in ethnography and has experience working both internationally and in the UK with clients such as Microsoft, NESTA and Kent County Council.

Bridging the gap between his professional and personal passions, Robin is also a fully-fledged China expert, fluent in Mandarin with an inside-out knowledge of Chinese attitudes and behaviour. On those rare occasions when he isn’t immersed in the world of ESRO and/or the Far East, Robin busies himself as a keen amateur cricketer and sometime chess hustler. He also has a half-decent sense of rhythm, which he expresses either through incessant tabletop finger-tapping in meetings or, more productively, as drummer in several bands.