This blog is going to include some comments about working for a large corporation, so I need to remain anonymous and discreet. If I get very specific I am going to reveal things about my employer that would at best complicate my position, so I will keep my thoughts as general as I can, while, I hope, being relevant enough to be interesting.

To introduce myself: I am in a fairly senior position in a European company, working out of a divisional headquarters in the US Mid-West, close to a medium-sized city. I have P/L responsibility for a portion of our business that operates globally, so I have plants in all major regions, and I have a particular involvement and interest in the M&A world.

I plan to write about management, corporate life, finance and economics, news and anything else that crosses my path that vaguely relates to the above. This blog may do little more than flush my mind of what is buzzing around in it, but I hope it provides some food for thought for anyone interested in these topics. At least it is an insider’s view. You may make of it what you will. I am, however, interested in any and all comments.