After a Kafkaesque beginning to a career in insurance, Peter Staddon soon found his feet and is now Biba's head of technical services. Peter Carvill reports.
In a meeting room overshadowed by The Gherkin, Peter Staddon walks to the selection of teas on a side-table and begins ruffling through them, explaining how big a fan he is of the humble cuppa. Stirring a fruit-flavoured bag into a cup, he reveals he has five appointments after the interview, a forthcoming trip to Northern Ireland and an ongoing consultation with the Government over private medical insurance (PMI). In between sips of his tea, Staddon, the head of technical services for Biba, talks quickly and words tumble out, but only because he has a lot to talk about. He never planne...
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