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Paul Wilson Author, Translator & Editor

After serving in the British Army from 1976 to 1994, Paul Wilson joined De La Rue PLC, the world’s biggest commercial banknote printing company. From 1994 to 2003, he held a series of appointments in De La Rue’s banknote division, negotiating with central banks in the Former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. In 2000, he was appointed director of sales, responsible for De La Rue’s negotiations with central banks around the world. Until his retirement in 2015, Wilson was responsible for De La Rue’s relationships with the British government and parliamentarians. He has been a trustee of the John Smith Trust and a member of the advisory council of Wilton Park, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s conference center. In retirement, he now works part time as deputy director general of the British Iranian Chamber of Commerce. His books include Hostile Money: Currencies in Conflict.