Malcolm Dias is Deputy Editor of Middle East Consultant, the B2B monthly publication from CPI Media Group for core construction consultancy industry professionals and practitioners in the region. Malcolm has been associated with several niche business, trade and commerce periodicals and news portals in addition to general-interest and lifestyle publications—an eclectic media mix during his career in journalism both in his native India and the UAE. Malcolm’s extensive reporting in the GCC and beyond has provided him profound insights into the region’s economic and business sectors. His exposure to and interface with the logistics and supply chain, construction, transportation, infrastructure and other industrial verticals during his tenure, gives him a ringside view of the region’s broad industry landscape. A graduate in mathematics from the University of Mumbai, Malcolm studied in the metropolis’ prestigious St. Xavier’s College. He subsequently acquired a diploma in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Mass Communications (XIM).