Gareth Knight has worked in teacher education in Asia since 1990. With an MSc in TESP from Aston University, he trained teachers of Business English and high school teachers in Japan. He has also taught MA TEFL and MEd Linguistics courses at Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand.

Mark O'Neil has been teaching Business English in Japan since 1988. He has extensive experience in teacher education and management and also holds Master's degrees in TESP and in Contemporary Japanese Studies.

Bernie Hayden has 14 years' experience teaching General and Business English in Spain and the UK, during which time he was also an ELT examiner, teacher trainer and External Assessor of training courses. He has been a consultant in ELT publishing since 1990, and editor of various General and Business English titles, including New Insights into Business (Pearson, 2000) and Business Vocabulary in Use (CUP, 2002). He is co-author of English File Workbook 2 (OUP, 1997) and New Headway Interactive Practice CD-ROM (OUP, 2001 & 2002).