From: redlionbrian@gmail.com   
      
   I know it's not strictly optics, but it involves a very well known optical   
   company. Michael Woodford had been MD at KeyMed, a small endoscope   
   manufacturer in Southend, when he found himself appointed to the role of CEO   
   of Olympus itself. He was the first    
   Westerner to have reached such a high position in a major Japanese   
   multinational.    
   What happened next is the stuff of nightmares. It's a gripping story.   
   "Exposure: inside the Olympus scandal" Penguin 2012. I don't know the man, but   
   he comes across as a real hero with immense courage, doing what he knows is   
   right against all logic.   
   Harold Hopkins once told me he met the man who started Olympus, before it got   
   off the ground. He said that his endoscopes were some of their first products.   
      
   Brian   
   Ancient and Modern Optics   
      
   PS My website Fundamental Optical Design is now open to all visitors, at   
   fod.serade.org I will get the password removed, but in the meantime, it is   
   jena.   
      
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