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THE RETURN OF to Sporting bet as a non-executive director was the cause of some surprise in the business press, coming as it did 18 months after what he himself terms as an interesting experience at New Yorks JFK airport in the late summer of 2006.

Interesting, but a touch harrowing after narrowly escaped extradition to Louisiana where the warrant for his arrest had originated. Yet looks upon the experience of two days in custody in September 2006 with remarkable pragmatism. It was not something I would like to repeat, but it was an interesting experience. He says. I dont look upon it with any bad feeling, and what the company has pulled off in the past year-and-a-half is truly astonishing.

For a man who founded one of Europes Sporting bet is back in his post as non-executive director at Sportingbet. first venture-capital funds, with a particular focus on US technology start-ups, and who includes Apple as one of his investments, this lack of bad feeling is noteworthy