Professor Alan Ahearne:

I was a little concerned that he might not have had. We had a discussion about the banking system. I talked to him a lot about the international experience and stuff that had happened. I was not there to give him advice. I was just giving my experience and talked about the stuff I had known. I did say to him that it would be important that he would have a very accurate picture of what these banks are like, and what their loan books really look like. I was not assuming that he did not have that, and he said: "Thank you. That is very good advice."