Ian is married with three children and lives in Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire. This is his first attempt at writing a book. He is a
Chartered Automotive Engineer who began his career in 1980 as a Graduate
Trainee for Land Rover. He worked his way around the many plants which
made up the Rover Group and latterly for Powertrain Limited, the engine
and transmission arm of MG Rover. As part of the latter's last-ditch
attempt to court an international partner, Ian worked in Shanghai, PRC
from the start of January 2005 to redundancy upon the collapse of MG
Rover in April that year.He returned to work and lived there over a one
year period from June 2005 to 2006 and this is his story. He wrote it as
a daily diary of the ups and downs of being away from family and of the
cultural clashes which occurred in trying to teach and guide his Chinese
hosts, towards making a National car for China.It is an amusing
Westerner's view on Eastern society as it absorbs and assimilates
Western values. Ian is indebted to his Chinese hosts and wishes them
well with their venture, continuing as they do towards domination of
world manufacturing.
