Richard J. Aldrich is a Professor of International Security at the University of Warwick. A regular commentator on war and espionage, he has written for The Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph. He is a prize-winning author of several books, including The Hidden Hand and GCHQ.

Peter Gordon is heralded as the Godfather of Fusion food and came to the culinary world's attention as the founding chef of The Sugar Club restaurants in Wellington, New Zealand in 1986, followed by two British incarnations in London's Notting Hill and West Soho.

In 2001 he opened The Providores and Tapas Room Restaurant on Marylebone High Street with three friends. In 2004, he set up Dine by Peter Gordon restaurant in the SKYCITY Grand Hotel in Auckland NZ, soon followed by Bellota Tapas bar in 2006.

In 2013 he opened the 4th, and current The Sugar Club on the 53rd floor of Auckland’s Sky Tower. He is a co-founder of Crosstown doughnuts - perhaps the London's most loved doughnuts. Peter has self-authored eight books and writes regularly for The New Zealand Herald.