Bill Snaith B.A, M.Sc., C.Eng, MBCS is the Director of Medium Enterprise Development, in the Foundation for SME Development at the University of Durham. He has combined his extensive business experience with his knowledge of management development to design and deliver specialist courses aimed at the managers in growing and entrepreneurial businesses. Bill's career has also involved the management, design and implementation of Information Systems in large and small organisations. His Masters degree in Business Project Management, has developed the idea of the business as a total system, an approach at the heart of Dynamic Financial Management.

Jane Walker B.Sc., MBA is a freelance consultant specialising in the development of medium sized businesses and their managers. She has 20 years business experience including management within large, medium and small sized businesses. In the last 10 years she has forged links with many academic institutions to bridge the gap between academia and management practice. Her earlier career, which included auditing company accounting and financial analysis with a major multinational company, has helped her see the world of finance from both the practitioner and the business manager's point of view.