The creation and development of SGI have ended up being the soundtrack to my professional life and continue to be an exceptionally exciting journey. For that alone, I guess I am personally very lucky. Running and growing an architectural practice alongside the sometimes-volatile nature of an emerging market has been extraordinarily rewarding. This is partially because of the projects we have been involved in which have often been challenging, varied and generally great fun. Still, for me, the chance to grow something where there has been the opportunity to instil good practice, solid principles and a great working environment with a positive influence on society has been a real driver to get to where we are today. I think to a large extent at this stage we have succeeded in those goals.