Acknowledgements

I would like to thank all those people who have helped me in the development of this book. I have found it inspiring that friends and strangers have been prepared to give up their valuable time to help review and comment on the early draft of the book.

In particular, Tony Korycki for his amazingly detailed review of the book; Dave Chitty for helping me through the growing pains; Andy Mcclarnon and Franchesa Cerletti for helping to transform an idea into a living thing.

I would also like to pass on my immense gratitude to the following people who offered their help in reviewing the manuscript: Joe Arnold, Clay Albright, Dr Omar Abu-elbashar, G. Matthew Bulley, L. A. Burke, John Bruce, Angela Barst, Karen Burke, Marcio Barbosa, Phillip Bump, Richard Barron, Scott Bolden, Brougham Baker, Karen Burke, Brian Connoly, Frances Clark, Jane Y. Chin, Jay Curry, Kate Cooper, Peter Cullens, Dr Frances Clark, Marella Cook, Gilli Coutts, Mike and Betty Capuzza, James Cobbett, Mark Conde, Brook Doty, Patrick Damon, John Dickson, David Foster, William Furlow, Cynthia Froggatt, Paul Freeman, Verger Gerad, Art Gelven, William Gregg, Peter Grazier, Paul Glen, Peter Gibb, Ross Gabrick, Pankaj Gupta, Henry Goldman, Bill Haddock, Dutch Holland, Nicholaas Herholdt, Matt Holt, Lynn Hauka, Nicol Dixon, aas Herholdt, Thomas H. Jaekel, Edward Kohl, Wort-Jan Koridon, Brian Kersh, Bryan Kester, Paul Laurence, Raymond Lembong, Pat Leach, Brad Leggett, Jackie Mulrooney, Mike Mister, Ken Miller, Bob Mc Henry, Peter McHugh, Benyamin R. Naba, Pam North, Lars-Ola Nordqvist, Julie O'Mara, Doug Odgers, Steve Ormsby, Graham Parson, Thomas Oswold, David Pickard, Henry Ratter, Dave Simon, Edward Stern, Sylvester Smith, John Self, Jeff Saponja, Lynda Stevens, Stan Stockhill, John Sloan, Dr Roy Thurston, Michel Thirty, Ray Taylor, Andrew Vermes, Carl Vega, Gerad Verger, Martin Wilkins, Michael Wright, Chris Welsh, Stacey Williams, Stephen Wilkinson-Carr, Chris Welsh, Dale Winsor.

Not forgetting the Financial Times Prentice Hall team, especially Amelia Lakin for helping me yet again to wade through the publishing world; George Bickerstaff for untangling and editing my original ideas into a cohesive presentation, and most of all Pradeep Jethi, my publisher, who encouraged me to turn a vague idea into a tangible form. Many thanks to Tony Quinn for editing my final text and Linda Dhondy for the project management.

Finally, without the support of my wife and family none of this would have been possible. Thank you Lin, Michael, Joe (Mathew), Lucy and Susan Caws. Please forgive me for the next six months as I burrow down for the next one.