Who’s Who

Egyptian Tales—The Main Players

Omar: Owner of an Egyptian fabric and clothing business. It’s growth had been fast. It was in considerable debt and in need of corrective action in most departments.

Madam T: Omar’s wife.

Sayyid: Omar’s father

Rick:  My husband, a New Zealander and independent, hands-on consultant to manufacturing businesses.  He has particular expertise in the knitted textile industry but has worked in several other areas of manufacturing. He has a BA with a double major in Philosophy and Political Science.

Svi & Yanni:  Owners of a software company. They had supplied Omar with a computer system and subsequently employed Rick to head the team of mainly Australian specialists in various fields to help Omar fix his many problems.

Gavin:  Australian accountant who suggested Rick as head of the team and was himself part of the team for particular periods of time.

Other members of the team included: Young Rick (an Ozzie IT whizz).

Note: To protect both the guilty and the innocent, most names have been changed.