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So that you know who you are dealing with let me tell you a little more about myself. A broad-based business career, which includes working for both small and large companies, a spell in the City of London as well as running my own business has given me a deep understanding of the inter-relationship between people and organisations. The expertise I have developed in career development over the past couple of decades is under-pinned by a Diploma in Management from the Open University and an MA in HRM, with career development as the dissertation subject, from Nottingham Business School as well as a coaching qualification. Wearing another hat, I have had a long connection with an international exchange programme and am very proud to have served as European President of the alumni association. My connection with this programme has given me some tremendous experiences. One of those was presiding over a meeting held on the side of an alp in Switzerland - one step back and I could well have tumbled down into William Tell's lake. Another was giving one of the key-note speeches at a conference in Manila. Then there was being stuck on the side of a Swiss mountain, knee-deep in snow in the middle of a hailstorm not to mention being horrendously sea-sick on a trawler off the Swedish coast and being faced with a dinner of barbecued pig just after making to the shore. I also managed to beat a hasty retreat from some head-hunters in the Philippines. However, after all that, I'm now back in the village where I grew up, working from my home office where I can look over the fields towards the Wolds - gentle rolling hills - that straggle the borders of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. And from there I hope to share some of my knowledge and experience with you - and to have the pleasure of getting to know some of you.