He
started
____________________
an
administration
officer
in
1972
____________________
our
accounts
department
and
worked
his
way
____________________
the
career
ladder
over
the
years
,
finally
becoming
vice
-
president
____________________
the
company
,
and
managing
over
three
hundred
employees
.
As
most
____________________
you
who
have
been
working
here
long
enough
will
know
,
it
has
been
a
long
struggle
to
become
one
of
the
European
market
leaders
____________________
our
field
,
and
you
may
remember
____________________
1982
when
we
had
a
huge
setback
,
with
the
plans
____________________
a
merger
____________________
our
top
rival
company
falling
____________________
.
Because
of
that
,
we
had
to
make
some
workers
redundant
.
However
,
James
was
lucky
enough
to
keep
his
job
.
Yes
,
those
really
were
the
worst
few
years
.
However
,
we
managed
to
get
____________________
these
difficult
times
____________________
working
hard
and
James
was
a
key
player
in
the
struggle
to
get
us
back
____________________
the
path
to
becoming
one
of
the
largest
computer
manufacturing
companies
____________________
Europe
.
