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THE PENGUIN BUSINESS DICTIONARY

Michael Greener was bom in Barry, Glamorgan, in 1931. He was

educated, inter alia, at Douai School and graduated in economics, law

and accountancy at the University ofWales, Cardiff, in 1953- Articled

with Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths - chartered accountants - he became

an Associate Member of the Insritute of Chartered Accountants in

England and Wales in 1956 and a Fellow in 1966. He was personal

assistant to the secretary of the Westem Mail and Echo, Cardiff, where

he was mosdy responsible for the reorganization of accounting sys-

tems (1957--60). He was then assistant lecturer, later lecturer in

accounting at the College of Commerce, Wednesbury, Staffordshire,

until forced to resign due to ill-health in 1963. After a period in

hospital he gradually assumed control of the family retail jewellery

business and, in due course, became chairman and managing director.

In 1973 he opened, in a personal capacity, the Barry Art & Book

Centre. This closed in 1983 and the bookselling secrion was merged

with the jewellery business. In the later years of that decade the

jewellery trade was discontinued and the business is now solely

devoted to retail bookselling. Married in 1964, he is divorced and has

one son, Matthew Domihic, who is married and working in greater

Londbn. He has contributed many articles to professional joumals,

both at home and overseas, and still devotes much of his time to

writing. His books include Between the Lines of the Balance Sheet

(1968: revised and expanded edition 1980), Problemsfor Discussion in

Mercantile Law (1968), and a children's fantasy The Red Bus (1973)- In

1991 he gained a BA degree in the humamties from the Open

University.