Howard Sharman comes from Tufnell Park in London. He worked as a business journalist for many years before running a publishing business. Three years ago he joined a new start up NGO called Advance Aid, geared towards changing the way aid is organised, they want to persuade people not to donate but to invest - a different way of thinking about how charities can get supplies to where they are needed fast. Advance Aid was set up to encourage manufacture of supplies (tarpaulins, etc) locally i.e. Mozambique, so that if there is a disaster, supplies will not have to be flown in from China for example. He described how difficult it was to change people's thinking that they are talking to various groups and will be going to Brussels next to promote the organisation's aims. On the plinth he is going to talk about Advance Aid, send off leaflets in the shape of aeroplanes, and talk to his daughter who is in San Diego. Also use the time for quiet contemplation.