Formerly: Management Editor, The Economist; Chair, Britain's Economic and Social Research Council; 2005-06, President, British Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: Scottish Council of Economic Advisers; Advisory Board, Foundation for Effective Governance, Ukraine. Regular presenter, BBC Radio Four's Analysis programme. Author of books: The Company of the Future (2002); The Death of Distance, a study of the economic and social effects of the global communications revolution. Recipient of Internal Auditors' annual award for business and management journalism.