Your father is Persian, your mother is British, and you grew up in Iran and the UK. How did that cross-cultural experience help you in your career? It simply made me aware, from the moment was born, of different cultures.I've lived in a completely multicultural,multiethnic, multireligious environment, in some of the most difficult places in the world. I've seen firsthand that you can bridge differences; you can have tolerance between groups.The trick is to minmize the extremes and to stick to the sensible center.