GRAHAN COLIN-JONES is British by birth, a linguist by training, and an international civil servant by profession. He has lived and worked overseas for more than forty years, and has experienced the realities of living and working in Asian cultures, including fifteen years in the Philippines. He is currently a consultant editor for the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. YVONNE COLIN-JONES is Singaporean by birth, a sociologist by training, and a cross-cultural trainer, facilitator and coach with a human resource background. She has lived in three continents and works with multicultural, globally mobile populations. JORGE MOJARRO is a Spanish academic with a Ph.D. from Salamanca University who is teaching and researching at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

He has traveled extensively through the Philippines and southeast Asia and has written for both scholarly and general publications, including Philippine newspapers such as Business World and Interaksyon.