Description
We tend to view the world beyond these shores on the basis of what the media make of it, whether the media of words or of images, and long-considered or instant. Ian Ross offers a welcome change of perspective. He spent his career as a senior executive in two controversial industrial sectors—tobacco and oil—and necessarily sees the world through the lens of business. The West and the Rest examines what he gained that we can learn from.
Ian Ross
Ian Ross spent forty years working in business overseas, where the need to understand other cultures and politics became indispensable to his role. Educated at Cambridge University and later at the Henley Business School, he has an MA in Economics and an MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change. He and his wife have three children, now adults, and four grandchildren. He still loves travelling.
Metadata
Publisher: EnvelopeBooks
Extent: 384 pages
Size: 203mm x 127mm (8.0” x 5.0”)
ISBN: 9781915023537
Contact: editor@envelopebooks.co.uk
Reviews
“Truly excellent: A genuinely insightful mixing of the geopolitical and the personal.”
Lord (Charlie) Falconer
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