Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

It is true that we are interested in scale but there are very sound reasons for this.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.

It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?

It's difficult for them to do a deal at these levels.