I studied languages and spent the first few years of my working life as a translator. Working in responsible investment is like translating – enabling people who speak different languages to talk to each other. Coaching can be like enabling the different parts of a single person to talk to each other. Here are some fascinating facts about languages.
I love words – that’s why I find this comedian so funny (admittedly it’s a bit British).
I’m not the slightest bit interested in sport.
I live in Cambridge (UK, not the other one) – which is very beautiful.
Favourite books:
The Oxford English Dictionary
Lots of novels
The Tao of Physics, by Fritjof Capra
Why Should Anyone Be Led By You - What It Takes To Be an Authentic Leader, by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
Favourite music:
Bach
Jan Garbarek – and again
Steve Reich
Favourite artists:
Richard Serra
Janet Cardiff
And two members of my family
– Rory McCartney and Ella McCartney
Favourite meditation and Buddhism teachers:
Steve Hagen - author of Buddhism, It's Not What You Think
I love growing vegetables.