Mix and match

One of the things I love most about working in London is the diversity. In the advisory FS (Financial Services) group in Adam we had some foreigners, but not many. Here, the team of about 30 includes people from the UK, Pakistan, India, Iran, Singapore, France, Czech, South Africa, Canada, America and Holland. A fantastic mixture. And since yesterday, China can been added to the list.

The British and Chinese governments sponsor a training scheme for young Chinese graduates. Companies like ours, JP Morgan and Accenture have implemented the program. Ten very talented chinese students, one of whom is in my team, have joined the advisory FS practice here. Yesterday we took three of them out for lunch, a proper English pub lunch. The three graduates were just lovely. One was a big fan of Dutch football, which made for good convo. England must be a complete culture shock for them. Imaging being so young and living in a completely different culture, not having left your own country before. They'll stay with us for nine months, and then join the Chinese firm. There will be a lot of mutual learning in these nine months!