Mike Lynch (businessman)

“He had a remarkable set of personality traits that we rarely see in Britain. Before him there was no British tech scene. He showed us we can be world-class.”

“It's bizarre, but now you have a second life - the question is, what do you want to do with it?”

“The reason I'm sitting here, let's be honest, is not only because I was innocent... but because I had enough money not to be swept away by a process that's set up to sweep you away.”

“The system can sweep individuals away. There needs to be a contrarian possibility that’s saying: ‘Right, well, the whole world thinks you’re guilty but, actually, was that a fair conviction?’”

“I have various medical things that would have made it very difficult to survive. If this had gone the wrong way, it would have been the end of life as I have known it in any sense.”

“Designing synthesisers was incredible training, because it’s all real time, it’s all assembler code, multiple processors.”