Prior to co-founding MLex in 2005, Robert McLeod built his career as a Bloomberg News journalist covering financial services, mergers & acquisitions and antitrust in London, Paris and Brussels. Having cemented a reputation for providing inside insight and commentary on the risk to business from government regulation and intervention, he quickly gained investor support for the news start-up that became MLex. Robert McLeod continues to be a leading commentator on antitrust and competition policy and is a frequent conference speaker on issues relating to international policy implementation. He is also chairman of IceRobotics, a technology company active in the farming sector.