Marshall Cavendish Author Profile

Name: Tim Drake

Age: 66

Birthplace: Portsmouth

First job: Graduate Trainee in Insurance

Current job: Chairman of own Company
(The Drake Team Ltd)

Home: Chiswick

Car: Jeep Cherokee

Favourite book: Middlemarch

Favourite film: Mary Poppins

Favourite music: Mozart

Favourite gadget: £7.50 Casio Watch

Favourite website: TFL (Tansport for London) or amazon

Best holiday: South West France

Career highlight: Building £17 million turnover sports shoe retailing chain Cobra Sports from scratch

Career lowlight: Having to sell Cobra in the recession of 1992

Normal working day: Some writing, some organising CEO Think Tanks, some speaking at conferences

Downtime: Reading, listening to music (and the wife) and thinking

Best piece of advice: Enjoy it all: it’s either fun, or you’re learning and growing.

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