The author…

…spent five years with the oil industry in Shell-Mex and BP, sandwiching Business Studies at university with training in the company’s marketing, sales and distribution operations. He then left SMBP to become a carriage driver and riding instructor in central London.
Work on communication skills has kept him in touch with commerce and industry since then.

…spent five years with the oil industry in Shell-Mex and BP, sandwiching Business Studies at university with training in the company’s marketing, sales and distribution operations. He then left SMBP to become a carriage driver and riding instructor in central London.