About Us

Tai-Pan Research is a service that provides professional research and consultancy services.
We can locate accurate and current information for large businesses and global corporations fast, working within your tight deadlines to give you the competitive advantage. We research, disseminate, collate and format professional research reports, tailored to your request and in the format you need.

Our research covers all countries, industries, subjects, companies and people in the areas of finance, law, capital markets and much more. Our sources are reliable and each report contains detailed references to the resources used to compile the data. We are confident that we produce the quality of work that satisfies our clients, as we believe in going that extra mile to provide expert information.

We can provide bespoke services for training, records management and other library and information-related projects.

About Jane Macoustra

Tai-Pan Research was created by Jane Macoustra.

She has twenty-five years experience as an Information Professional, working for large corporations, investment banks and law firms including one of the magic circle law firms. She has recently worked in the public sector for a large County Council, and in the Academic community and during her career has covered every aspect of librarianship.

Jane is a member of CILIP (The Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals), BIALL (The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), the AIIP (The Association of Independent Information Professionals) and the Special Libraries Association where she is currently serving as the president for the Asian Chapter. Prior to this Jane has also served as a Director for the SLA Asian Chapter. Jane returned to the UK from Hong Kong, where she spent 2 ½ years, and gained extensive knowledge of the Asian markets.