Jim Pearce is a geologist by background, who has worked in gold mining in Ghana then with Schlumberger on the rigs in the Middle East and Latin America before getting a scholarship to complete an MBA at INSEAD. Now a partner in the Energy practice of Kearney, the management consultancy, where he has been for over 21 years, working with clients who are trying to change their ways and not harm the planet.
This is his first novel, though he has published non fiction before.
He is married with three children and lives in Surrey.