Born Vinod Anil Mahbubani in Gibraltar, the author completed his secondary education there before moving to the UK to complete a BA (Hons) in Management, Spanish and Italian at The University of Le...view moreBorn Vinod Anil Mahbubani in Gibraltar, the author completed his secondary education there before moving to the UK to complete a BA (Hons) in Management, Spanish and Italian at The University of Leeds. As part of his degree course, he spent valuable stints in Florence, Italy, and Malaga, Spain.
On graduating, he ventured south to London where his career took off working as a Media Researcher for The Press Association and then a Marketing Manager for Dow Jones International. At the same time, he worked as a part time Tour Director for EF Educational Tours, taking up to sixty North American based students and adults on ten to fifteen day cultural tours of Western Europe. His position with Dow Jones saw him work out of its Paris office for two years, before he returned to his native Gibraltar where he currently resides and worksin Sales and Marketing.view less