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Ian Martin

Telecommunications Analyst, RBS Research,
Senior Research Associate, Institute for Social Research Swinburne University

Ian Martin has been a telecommunications analyst for 20 years since commencing research in 1988 on the review of Telecom’s USOs.  He worked as a research analyst and policy adviser in the Department of Communications on many of the main regulatory and policy issues behind the opening of the sector to competition in the early 1990s.  In 1992 he went on exchange to work with Oftel, the UK regulator, and in 1993 on exchange with the FCC in Washington where he worked on cable regulation. 

In 1994 Ian joined BZW as one of the first telecommunications analysts in the Australian capital market.  BZW was the lead adviser to the Government on the Telstra IPO in 1997.  In 1998 BZW was bought by ABN Amro, which went on to be the lead broker for Telstra 2 in 1999.  After contributing to these roles, Ian joined ABN Amro’s global telecoms team in London before returning to work in Australia as senior telecommunications strategist with Macquarie Bank.  In 2004 he rejoined ABN Amro as senior telecommunications analyst and worked on Telstra 3, the sale of the Government’s remaining stake in Telstra.  In 2008 ABN Amro was bought by RBS. 

Ian now works as a part time telecommunications analyst with RBS writing investment research across a range of telecommunications matters for Australian and global investors.  In January 2010 Ian commenced as a Senior Research Associate at Swinburne University's Institute for Social Research where he works part time on the 2010-12 Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project 'Imperial Designs'.

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