A Note on The Authors

The report was written by Andrew Paterson and Niall Dolan. It has been for us both an enjoyable, illuminating, but in some respects rather disturbing experience. We anticipate that there will be mixed reaction to our proposal.

  • Andrew Paterson

    Andrew Paterson

    Andrew is a retired former CEO, Chairman, NED and entrepreneur in the Oil and Gas sector. He founded and subsequently sold two successful companies, The Peak Group and Peak Well Systems. Following his retirement he created The Iris Initiative a Scottish registered charity with the core purpose of facilitating research, consideration and debate about personal and societal values.

  • Niall Dolan

    Niall Dolan

    Niall Dolan is a BSc first class honours and an MSc with merit graduate. He was for eight years the CEO of The Iris Initiative, during which time he very successfully grew the charity, most particularly through the development of The John Byrne Award, an arts based competition examining values through the various mediums of the arts. He is currently engaged in developing his career as a cabinet maker in London.