A true internationalist having led MNC subsidiaries in Nigeria, China,& Japan. Prior to this held worldwide head of Marketing positions in the USA, UK & Europe.

Now am an independent entreprenuer building online businesses (so I guess we all here have at least one thing in common!) .... while living exactly where I want to be .... in a little town named Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol, which lies on the southern coastline of Spain! 320 days a year blue sunny skies! This was one of my lifetime dreams and goals so at least I can say one box has been ticked!

I am British; born in London too many years ago to wanna mention. Funny enough I was born in the same hospital as Prince William's children (St Mary Abbots in Paddington). I wonder if that means we can swap telephone numbers!

My parents, both passed away now, emigrated from Dublin, Eire just after WWII.

Perhaps with all this Brexit nonsense going on I should protect my EU Citizenship by taking Irish passport, which actually, as the son of 2 Irish born parents, I am fully entitled to do so. To be frank in a world becoming more and more interconnected & interdependent personally I can't make sense of all this Brexit stuff. (Whoops ... mustn't inadvertently stray into political waters!)

In addition to my BA in English, and thanks to support from 2 US based MNC's at the time, I gained fast track MBA's in International Marketing from Princeton and International Business Management from INSEAD. These helped me to be posted to Tokyo, Japan for 5 years running a US/Japanese JV company in the personal care & cosmetics sector. After that I set up a British owned JV in Qingdao, China followed as kinda far from there as one could get running two different companies in Lagos, Nigeria for almost 20 years!

I have 3 grown up sons all doing great ... and last year my first grandchild, Matilda, was born! So it's clear I'm both a "newbie" online and an "oldie" in the more traditional offline world!

I am a lifetime fan of Arsenal FC (yeah all you soccer fans out there know how frustrating an experience that is!). I have a penchant for such teams - when living in the USA in the late 1980's my NFL team was the Eagles. I still think they have never won a Superbowl ... as yet!

Actually my second son, Jono, was born in Memphis, TN ... so we have a dual citizen in the family already!

What else? I love playing Chess; I love the English Language. We lost an Empire but at least we gave the most widely spoken language to the global community - although if truth be told it is a highly "mongrel" language forever changing!

I still think the Stones & The Beatles the best ever bands, altho Queen and Guns N'Roses surely must compete for that accolade. I love horseracing and my best friend is Benni the Dog (whoops cue for an image upload.)

I have been very fortunate in my career having had the opportunities to lead subs of multinationals in Japan, China & Nigeria as well as to have enjoyed senior Marketing roles in the USA & Europe.

In terms of countries slept in at least 10 nights straight or more ..... 147!!

Have been thru 9 passports each with all 96 pages completely filled up with visa's, entry & exit stamps.

The best thing emerging from all my travels are the remarkable people of all races, creeds and cultures that I have met all over the world; worked with; and the help, support and friendship they each have given me. Truly we all live in a wonderful world regardless of the bad blobs we sometimes might bump into!