Dr Charles Gurdon

Managing Director

Charles Gurdon joined what was then Menas Services Ltd in 1980 as a senior researcher, initially working on international border disputes and other arbitration cases. When Menas diversified into consultancy work for corporate clients and newsletter publishing in 1988, Charles helped found the Menas Associates subsidiary. Since then he has run the company’s consulting portfolio and publication stable, and he oversaw the restructuring in which Menas Associates become the parent company of the Menas group. He holds a BA, MSc and PhD from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he specialised in the Middle East and Africa. He is the author of two books and numerous reports on Sudan, and has also been a political commentator on radio and television.