In 1998 he was appointed Head of Corporate Communications for HSBC Bank Middle East, in which he oversaw all external and internal communications, CSR activities and brand marketing for the company. 

 In 2005 Steve was appointed Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications at the newly established Qatar Financial Centre Authority, which was set up to support the development of Qatar’s financial sector and to promote Qatar as a regional hub for specific categories of international finance. In 2010 he became Acting Director of Communications for Barwa Real Estate, Qatar’s largest listed real estate company. Steve speaks and reads Arabic.