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Barry Urquhart

Barry Urquhart is renowned internationally for his strikingly accurate forecast of the finish of the economic boom in 2008.

His well documented projection from early in 2006 of a specific date made media headlines around the world and enabled clients to plan for the event 10.35pm, Sunday 24 August, 2008. It was the closing moments of the Beijing Olympics.

Barry's subsequent warnings of the credit meltdown, increasing unemployment levels and branch, plant, model and services closures have enabled companies, large and small, to gain and sustain competitive advantages.

Barry Urquhart is Managing Director of Marketing Focus, a Perth based market research and strategic planning practice.

Barry is author of six books, including the two largest selling publications on service excellence in Australasia. His latest is "Marketing Magic, Streetsmart Marketing".

Each year Barry travels some 300,000 kilometres on five continents to deliver up to 120 keynote addresses, and to facilitate around 15 strategic planning workshops.

He is a regular commentator of consumer issues on ABC radio, is featured on a series of interview topics on "Today Tonight" and contributes articles to 47 magazines throughout the world.

Barry Urquhart is a former lecturer in Marketing and Management at the Curtin University of Technology and has degrees in marketing, political science and sociology.