Biography:Clem Chambers

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Clem Chambers
File:Chambers-30a.jpg
Born
Clement Hadrian Chambers

1963
Kent,
England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationCEO of ADVFN CEO of Online Blockchain
Websitewww.advfn.com

Clement Hadrian Chambers is a British entrepreneur, author, journalist and blogger known as co-founder and boss of ADVFN (LSE:AFN),[1], which spurred a career as a financial commentator.

Business career

Chambers entered the software industry in the 1980s where he founded computer games developer (CRL Group), massively multiplayer games, multimedia and the Internet[verification needed].[2][3][4][5]

In 1989 Chambers co-founded On-line PLC. The company was amongst the first to develop both massively multiplayer internet games and CD-ROM boxed products.[6] In 1999 Chambers co-founded, and became director of, Akaei PLC, the games development and publishing subsidiary of On-line PLC. In October 2017, the company announced that it intended to put forward a special resolution to change its name from On-line PLC to Online Blockchain Plc to reflect its work in the blockchain technology and cryptocurrency fields.

He is also non-executive director of Avarae,[7] a specialist investment company dedicated to investing in rare and high quality coins.

Media and writing

Chambers was shortlisted in 2016 and 2017 as Columnist of the Year (Business Media) in the PPA Awards for his column in E&T Magazine, The Institution Of Engineering & Technology, and in June 2017 won silver in the Tabbie Awards for his Money and Markets column in the same publication[8].

He is often a co-presenter on CNBC , CNBC Arabia and CNBC Europe.[9] He has been a market commentator on BBC News, Newsnight, BBC One, CNN, Al Jazeera, Sky News, TF1, Working Lunch, China's Phoenix TV, Canada's Business News Network and numerous US radio stations.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

He has appeared on ITV's News at Ten and Evening News discussing recent failures in the banking system and featured prominently in the Money Programme's Credit Crash Britain: HBOS — Breaking the Bank [1] and on the BBC's City Uncovered: When Markets Go Mad.[17]

Clem Chambers has written investment columns for Wired Magazine, [18] The Daily Telegraph,[19] The Daily Express and The Daily Mail, and currently writes for Forbes , Business Mirror,[20] Inversionista,[21] Index Trader, Gulf News[22] and YTE.

He was The Alchemist stock tipster in The Business for over three years and has been published in titles including City A.M., Investors Chronicle, Traders Magazine, Stocks and Commodities, the Channel 4 website, SFO and Accountancy Age and has been quoted in many more publications including USA Today[23] and most of the main UK national newspapers.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

He also wrote a monthly spread betting column in gambling magazine Inside Edge for over a year.[33]

Dial Up for Murder, his first book in The Hacker Chronicles[34] series, was released in November 2014, with the second book in the series, Log On For Crime,[35] being published soon after.

In November 2017 Clem published Trading Cryptocurrencies: A Beginner’s Guide - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin. His other financial books include the Amazon best-sellers 101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners,[36] A Beginner's Guide to Value Investing, Be Rich and The Death of Wealth, all published by ADVFN Books.

He also writes for a number of stock market and share tipping blogs including: Diary of a Contrarian Investor, Building an Income Portfolio and more recently Jekyll & Hyde Share Tips.

His financially-tinged novels, all published by No Exit Press, are The Armageddon Trade (2009) (ISBN:978-1-84243-297-6), a financial thriller [37], The Twain Maxim (2010) (ISBN:978-1-84243-341-6) another financial thriller [2], Kusanagi (2011) [38], The First Horseman (2013) (ISBN:978-1842436547) and The Shrine (2016) edition, all starring the same main character, Jim Martin, a "chippy" Cockney City whizzkid who outplays the rich and privileged.

References

  1. ↑ ADVFN – official website
  2. ↑ Roger Kean (August 1985). "COMPUTER RENTALS LIMITED: FROM CAVEMEN TO ROCKY HORRORS". Crash (via CrashOnline.org.uk). http://www.crashonline.org.uk/19/crl.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  3. ↑ "On-line PLC Directors". On-line PLC. http://www.on-line.co.uk/directors.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Gate Central Time Line". Gate Central. http://www.gatecentral.com/shared_docs/Timeline2.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  5. ↑ "LSE". LSE. http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Directors-and-dealings?s=AFN:LSE. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Moby Games". Moby Games. http://www.mobygames.com/company/on-line-plc. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  7. ↑ Board of Directors, Avarae.com
  8. ↑ "2017 Tabbie Winners". http://www.tabpi.org/2017/2017e.htm. 
  9. ↑ "Clem Chambers - CNBC". CNBC. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708170514/http://search.cnbc.com/main.do?target=all&keywords=clem%20chambers. 
  10. ↑ "CNBC". CNBC. http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000048070. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera. http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/09/201192884338329889.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Fox Business". Fox Business. http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1106797805001. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  13. ↑ "BNN". BNN. http://watch.bnn.ca/headline/august-2011/headline-august-10-2011/#clip514581. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  14. ↑ "CNN Radio". CNN Radio. http://www.thewallstreetshuffle.com/monday-august-29-2011-seg-4/. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  15. ↑ "BBC2 – The Daily Politics". BBC. 2 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/8545457.stm. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  16. ↑ "STV". STV. http://news.stv.tv/uk/210864-special-report-the-stock-the-web-the-ceo-and-his-lawyers/. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  17. ↑ "BBC". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013n4mv. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  18. ↑ "CNBC". CNBC. http://classic.cnbc.com/id/29545350. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  19. ↑ "Telegraph articles by Clem Chambers". The Daily Telegraph (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/?queryText=%22Clem+chambers%22&Search=Search. Retrieved 20 October 2015. 
  20. ↑
  21. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. https://archive.is/20140317112934/http://revistainversionista.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/burbuja-digital/. Retrieved 2014-03-17. 
  22. ↑ Clem Chambers (15 March 2014). "So May is coming; what is there to do?". Gulf News. Al Nisr Publishing LLC. http://gulfnews.com/business/markets/so-may-is-coming-what-is-there-to-do-1.1304267. Retrieved 20 October 2015. 
  23. ↑ USA Today. http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Clem+Chambers. 
  24. ↑ "Financial Times". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7f276834-e5ae-11e0-8e99-. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  25. ↑ Grierson, Jamie (22 September 2011). "The Independent". London: The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ftse-100-in-biggest-fall-since-2008-2359020.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  26. ↑ "The Mail on Sunday". The Mail on Sunday. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/money/markets/article-2036423/FTSE-CLOSE-Bank-shares-suffer-fresh-fears-eurozone-debt-crisis.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  27. ↑ "The Guardian". London: The Guardian. 12 August 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/aug/12/short-selling-ban-experts. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  28. ↑ Cooper, Rachel (10 August 2011). "The Telegraph". London: The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/8692513/FTSE-live-latest-market-report.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  29. ↑ "Daily Star". Daily Star. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/latestnews/view/205226/London-shares-recover-after-losses/. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  30. ↑ "Belfast Telegraph". Belfast Telegraph. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/modest-recovery-for-world-markets-16034283.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  31. ↑ "City AM". City AM. http://www.cityam.com/markets-and-investments/why-england-vs-germany-winner. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  32. ↑ "The Daily Express". The Daily Express. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/217486/Market-Report-Oil-fuelled-FTSE-hits-30-month-high. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  33. ↑ "WFIC". WFIC. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. https://archive.is/20120701135750/http://archive.fisd.net/wfic/2005/speakers.asp. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  34. ↑ "Amazon". Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dial-Up-Murder-Hacker-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00PSAYQ16. 
  35. ↑ "Amazon". Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Log-Crime-Hacker-Chronicles-Book/dp/1503179907. 
  36. ↑ "Amazon". Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADVFN-Guide-Market-Winners-ebook/dp/B0062F6LIM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1320840098&sr=8-5. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  37. ↑ No Exit Press
  38. ↑ "Current books in print: Kusanagi". Oldcastle books. http://www.noexit.co.uk/titles.php/itemcode/536. Retrieved 20 October 2015. 




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