FAST talking Malcolm Ferguson aims to disprove the theory that all accountants are boring!

He's winding up a 40 year business career by launching himself as a professional speaker.

He believes he has collected plenty of interesting material on his way through life as a company director.

"In my experience laughter is the shortest distance between people and I look forward to generating loads of it," he said.

Malcolm is offering his services to anyone who wants a distinctive, witty, humorous and topical speaker to entertain an audience after dinner. "My fees are realistic and negotiable and I am prepared to appear for charitable organisations on an expenses only basis," he said.

His last job was with Crewe based Safeguard Systems Europe Ltd.

"I found myself surplus to requirements there and after taking stock of my life decided I had been in accounting too long. I resolved to make my life more interesting," he added.

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