摘要：Malcolm was born on 22 January 1970 and grew up in Cramlington, Northumberland. Theschoolboy Malcolm showed a flair for leadership, serving as Deputy Head Boy and captainof the school football and cricket teams. He also displayed other characteristics which wereto become familiar to all who knew him in later life. In a testimonial supporting Malcolm’suniversity application, the Headmaster of Cramlington High School wrote: ‘Malcolm’s attitude to his work is exemplary … He is able to work very well on his own … He has a clearstyle which displays his arguments forcefully and logically using both sound analysis andhis dry sense of humour’. Thirty years of academic life failed to diminish those qualities.Malcolm studied economics and economic history at Cardiff University between 1988 and1991. On graduation, he secured appointment as a Research Assistant at the University’sBusiness School. He was promoted to Lecturer in Accounting in September 1995 andadded to his qualifications with an MPhil from Cardiff University and a Certified Diplomain Accounting and Finance from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Hemarried Diane in St Austell, Cornwall in 1993. They had three daughters, Hannah, Racheland Bethan. Malcolm took his own life at the Business School on 19 February 2018. Hewas posthumously promoted to the grade of senior lecturer.
