Inspired : Adrian Miles 1958 - 2009

Adrian Miles was an inspiration to me. An example of how to be gentlemanly in business, to remember that what goes around comes around, to play the long game with client relationships and not to chase the fast buck, to mix pleasure with business and, most of all, not to take life, or work, too seriously.

These were the principles he followed as Managing Director of Clinic and from which he didn't waiver in the fifteen years I was privileged to know him.

He firmly believed that, in commerce, there was no challenge that could not be overcome by some good old-fashioned “discourse”, as he put it in his inimitable way, and that too often people hid behind technology when a simple conversation could be so much more effective at solving a problem or coming to resolution.

Adrian died suddenly on Friday 15 May and I will miss him immensely. He was far too selfless to think of himself as a source of inspiration to others but the impact he had on me is just one small part of his wonderful legacy.

Richard Sunderland, Managing Director