Born in England. Lived in France, Scotland, Canada and Japan. Now living in Australia with no plans to leave. Perennial student (BA, MA, MBA and MSc). Officer cadet in the RAF, merchant banker, ski lift operator, brewery executive, management consultant, private equity investor, aspirant social network entrepreneur and, now, retired. Amateur genealogist, cyclist and ocean swimmer. Happily unmarried, and now widowed, to Jan-Elizabeth Kennings.