A former BBC World Service producer and broadcaster, he was
Editor of the London Bureau of 7DNews (owned by Al-Majal Media) and is the
author of several books on inter-cultural awareness and communication. He is
also editor of two academic journals on language and cultural issues, Training Language and Culture and the ICC-Journal .
Barry has spent the majority of his career working in and with public diplomacy
institutions, the ODA, the British Council and the BBC World Service and
University departments of diplomatic studies as well as the international
corporate sector.
He is fluent in French and English and has worked in
Algeria, Francophone Africa (Benin) and France (mainly Paris region) and has
run training programmes in over 60 countries worldwide.