About the Author

Martyn Habgood was born in Kent and has over 30 years' experience managing businesses in different parts of the world, including Europe, North America, Australia and China. In 1991 he moved to Amiens in France with his wife and two young daughters to manage a new acquisition, returning to the UK 3 years later to manage an International Group with 25 businesses spread across Europe and North America. In 1996 he moved to take control of another company which had over 60 small businesses throughout the world, including Australia. From 2002 he has established a reputation as a successful manager of difficult situations focussing on individual businesses, and since 2006 has devoted his experience to helping western companies develop their business in China. When not on assignment in China he lives with his wife in the Cotswolds.