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This Life - Matthew Wiltshire
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Where do you live and why?
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Where in
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I live in Weybridge, in Surrey. the world
Frank Bunn, Aad Dekkers, Stefan Ehmann,
Michael Giesselbach, Bjarne Madsen, Nothing planned – when I moved here would you
OBER 2009
Kay Mushens, Matthias Werner,
16 years ago it had some good bars and most like to
Account Manager
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John Owen my friends were close. It turned out to visit, and why?
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China – I’d
Marketing Manager school, my wife loves the coffee shops, love to learn
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and I still like the bars more about
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Which storage companies have you the ancient mar-
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worked at and how long for? tial arts, see the Buddhist way of life
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I worked for a data storage distribu- and get a feel for what the next world
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tor, Ideal Hardware, for 10 years. I start- power looks like
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Les Arcs 1950, France - skiing, Chatel,
Annette Weatherilt
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me France – skiing, Halkidiki, Greece - beach
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Work hard, play hard strengths in the workplace?
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I care about what I do – passionately
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