Matt Minshall - Matt is the owner of Translucidus and the founder of Beyond Language. He has 25 years of government defence and security experience during which time he spent considerable time in the Gulf region. He has been a private consultant since 1999 and his chosen role is to match GCC requirements with innovative capabilities from UK and the wider EU. In normal circumstances he travels to the GCC several times every year. Deeply conscious from experience of the barriers caused by a lack of awareness between cultures, he is the Founder of Beyond Language which teaches people and businesses how to interact better, particularly for the Arab World.