Career
In 1985 he left Games Workshop to write Adventure Game Books and found Hatch with Albie Fiore and Ian Waddelow, who were both former Games Workshop employees. Hatch worked within the publishing industry, primarily in conjunction with Penguin books. The partners in Hatch eventually went their separate ways. Ian went on to found Folio Works Ltd. and publish in 1991 Fantasy Warlord mass-combat rules, and a highly successful consultancy called ADI.
In 1994 he semi-retired to become a Senior Lecturer and Head of European Studies at the University of Derby. Working in conjunction with Loughborough University, he gained recognition from Brussels for the creation of a European Centre of Excellence in the East Midlands. In 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
In 1999 he returned full-time to ADI. In 2000 he co-founded ADI Trading Ltd. This company represents several German and American brands including Schott Zwiesel, Jenaer Glas, Zwiesel 1872, Arzberg and Fortessa. The company operates primarily in the United Kingdom hotel and restaurant sectors. It supplies tritan titanium crystal, bone china, porcelain and metalware. It is a sponsor of the International Wine Challenge, under the brand name Zwiesel Kristallglas AG.
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