John Reid

The author was born in Scotland and, after serving in the Army, embarked on a career in industry.
He has worked in several different sectors in senior roles and was latterly CEO of a large international data capture company.


He retired for the first time in 1995 to take on a consultancy designed to help new businesses become established.


In 2018, he finally retired from business life to become a full-time author.


John lives in Scotland and Portugal with his wife and they have two grown-up sons.