Acknowledgements

This book is the culmination of a ten-year quest to distil basic principles out
of the rich and varied practice of turnaround management. Many people
have, over the years, contributed concepts, insights and suggestions which
have added to the sum of my own knowledge and served to clarify the central
theme of this book, namely that turnaround management is a rational, coherent,
process.
Special thanks first to three people: to Professor Anthony Kelly, Central
Queensland University (and Honorary Fellow, Manchester University School
of Engineering), who saw enough merit in my work to suggest that it was
worth publication, to Simon Smith, Head of the Asset Management department
of Eutech Engineering Solutions, who contributed time, materials and the
introduction to Chapter 1, and to my son and colleague Julian, who organized
the material for the initial draft of the manuscript and added some insights
of his own.
Many thanks also to John Harris, Manchester University School of Engineering,
who edited the complete text, to Michael Forster of Butterworth-Heinemann,
and to the following colleagues for their part in the quest:

Barry Stirling of Asean Bintulu Fertilisers

Eric Scott of O’Hare International
Chris Greaves of ICI Katalco
Steve Waugh of ICI
John Billington of Tioxide
Ian Adams of Foster Wheeler
Dr Marwan Koukash of EuroMaTech
N. Sankara Narayanan of Hofincons India
Claire Gulliver of ICI Paints