Mark Barnes, born and bred in Scotland, is not your average author. After 20 years of working in companies large and small around the globe, Mark decided to throw away all the text books, top tips, reference manuals and other corporate nonsense and try something a little bit different.

His first book, Thrive - Surviving in a Corporate Jungle started as a personal project to capture the seeming insanity you experience when working with large corporates, particularly financial institutions in a light-hearted way.

He is a technology geek and big thinker who is not afraid to challenge assumptions and is fascinated by office politics. His motto is Think Different, Why Not?