An overview of my Working Group colleagues is necessary. These are the other 7 individuals that I share a living space with. We jointly prepare all the cases for class in advance of the lesson.
An overview of my Working Group colleagues
Steve Barnes, is an American living in Cleveland, Ohio and is Vice President, Operations, Parker Seal Group, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a company which turns over more than US$10 billion per annum. Steve is a practicing Mormon, attends Church on Sunday, doesn’t drink or swear and has a down to earth personality and is genuinely caring about those around him. He has a much more worldly view than many Americans I have met. As an example he is critical of the course for its American centric viewpoint (which those of us that aren’t American don’t see).
Ajay Camania, is an Indian engineer who is currently Executive Vice President and Global Head of Product Engineering Services, a division of Patni Computer Systems Ltd. Based in Mumbai. His division employs over 2,500 people. AJ is first and foremost a very competent engineer but is deeply interested in developing his management skills. He has a warm caring personality.
Wei (Wayne) Chei, is the Chinese Managing Director and Global Partner (VP) for Hay Group in Greater China, based in Shanghai. English is his second language but he communicates well and is a good guy. The opprtunities and developments in China are a constant source of amazement for me.
Andres Ergas, is a Chilean banker based in Santiago, with a role as Chief of Corporate Sales for Banchile Adm Gral de Fondos SA, a US$20 billion business. Andres is a devout Jew and as such only eats Kosher food. He struggles a little with English, but is improving rapidly. He is genuine and caring.
Neil Graydon, is an Englishman based in West Yorkshire. He is the CEO of Pace Plc. Pace is the company that makes most of the set-top-boxes used by TV companies. As an example Pace has made every box Sky TV has every used in the NZ market. Neil took over the company a few years ago when it was turning over around US$250m and losing money, it is now on target to generate US$2 billion in sales for 2009. Neil is incredibly down-to-earth. He lacks any formal tertiary education but the results speak for themselves.
Amnuay Ponpued, is based in Bangkok in Thailand and is Mill Director for Phoenix Pulp & Paper Plc, which had global sales of US$9 billion in 2008. Amnuay also struggles with English, but is improving and gaining in confidence. He is naturally cheeky and good fun to be around.
Phillipe Robert, is a Frenchman, based in London, with a home in Paris. He is a partner of Permira Advisers LLP, a large private equity firm managing investments of over US$20 billion. He is a very interesting guy, with all the typical French characteristics and he also has some amazing stories about what he has done, not just professionally, but also personally.
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