The lessons you learn in one place will give you a greater ability to work and contribute elsewhere. And this diversity of experience will give you a set of skills that you will find are in great demand. And it really doesn’t matter where you begin.
*  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen, It is a real pleasure for me to speak at this inaugural lecture in honour of Dr. T.K. Whitaker, for several reasons. Firstly, in doing so I have the satisfaction of honouring a great man, a great European and a great Central Banker.