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Sonny Butterworth is a Shephard Media analyst based in London. After completing a degree in History at the University of Cambridge, Sonny moved to London to join Shephard Media as an intern in July 2018. He is now a Senior Analyst for the land domain of Shephard’s Defence Insight business intelligence service.
Shephard Studio works closely with companies and event organisers across the aerospace and defence industry to provide bespoke, co-branded marketing solutions.
Whether you are looking for a stiff drink or a stiff opinion, The Clarence is the place to get your preferred poison. Covering all aspects of UK defence and security policy, The Clarence is the place to come and digest Shephard Media's take on the reality behind the headlines.
Cracking open the hard shell of defence and security policy within the Asia Pacific , The Geobukseon is the place to come and get Shephard Media's opinions on the issues concerning policy makers, militaries and industry in the region.
As part of our promise to deliver comprehensive coverage to Premium News and Defence Insight subscribers, our Shephard News Team curated defence news content provides the latest industry updates, contract awards and programme milestones.
Tim Fish is a special correspondent for Shephard Media. Formerly the editor of Land Warfare International and Military Logistics International magazines, Tim joined Shephard in January 2013 after more than seven years experience reporting on the defence industry.
Tim has previously worked as a reporter for Civil Service World, freelanced as a naval analyst in South America and Asia (lounged beach hostels for an extended period -ed), and was the maritime reporter for Jane's Navy International.
Tim Martin is Editor, Air for Shephard Media, based in London.
Tim has experience writing and editing across a range of B2B publications before joining Shephard as rotary reporter in October 2017. He holds a masters degree in Journalism from the University of Wales .
Tony is VP Content overseeing Shephard Media's editorial content and business intelligence products as well as helping to drive the Shephard Studio offering.
Tony took over the Shephard rotorcraft portfolio in 2009, after five years with Jane’s Defence Weekly, where he was latterly the magazine’s features editor. Before moving to the UK, Tony was a reporter for a regional New Zealand newspaper, where he had the cat-up-tree beat.
After a career in the British Army, Trevor Nash worked in the simulation and training industry as a project manager and later Marketing Director. In 1991 he started work as an Editor for the Monch Publishing group before becoming a freelance journalist in 1994.
He founded The Write Partnership in 1995 and launched Military Training & Simulation News (MTSN) as a newsletter before re-launching it as a magazine in 1999. In 2015 Trevor joined Shephard Media following its aquisition of MTSN.
Matt Smith is Director of Analysis at Shephard Media. He has over 15 years experience providing market insight and forecasting in defence and other industries. Prior to joining Shephard in August 2018, Matt helped to establish military forecasting at IHS Jane’s, worked as a strategist at BAE Systems Land and Armaments, and was Head of Research and Insight at Capita Plc.
