MICHAEL HARROLD

Michael Harrold was appointed supervising editor of the Warsaw Business Journal. He previously worked as the WBJ's Country Focus supplement editor and editor of Poland AM. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a bachelor's degree in management studies and Spanish in 1987, he went to North Korea, where was a language adviser for English translations of speeches by the country's president Kim Il Sung for seven years. Harrold then moved from Pyongyang to Beijing, and after a year on the international desk at the Xinhua News Agency, he became a consultant with China Central Television, working on such projects as CCTV's coverage of the Hong Kong handover and its contribution to the 2000 Today international television collaboration. He has lived in Warsaw for two years with his wife Kasia and their son Dominik.