Duncan Jones grew up in America dreaming of designing cars. As a young man he chose to become an architect instead, but just as he was embarking on his professional career designing buildings, he was sent to Bolton, Lancashire, to build the family business.
Today his company, Philadelphia Scientific, is the biggest and best of its type in Europe, and Duncan is enjoying a level of satisfaction as a manufacturer that neither of his previous career choices would be likely to match.
He spoke to Nick Peters about how his career took such a strange turn and the joy that it brings him.
