He subsequently became director and/or chairman of various companies, including travel company Thomas Cook, Midland Bank, tea company Brooke Bond, engineering firm John Brown, helicopter manufacturer Westland, Royal Insurance, Investors in Industry (later 3i), pharmaceutical company Glaxo, and Orion Publishing Group.
Universal Music Group | Warner Music Group | Coxeter group | Volkswagen Group | Group of 77 | RTL Group | girl group | BT Group | ABB Group | Group One | Virgin Group | Thales Group | Orion | ING Group | group | Rio Tinto Group | Bloomsbury Group | Penguin Group | IDW Publishing | Carlsberg Group | Borders Group | Arup Group Limited | Benetton Group | publishing | Stagecoach Group | LMFAO (group) | Anschutz Entertainment Group | Tata Group | Rootes Group | Westfield Group |
He wrote several book about his experiences – The Desert My Dwelling Place published by Cassell in 1957 and again by Panther Books the following year, and more recently Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945: Providence Their Guide, published by Leo Cooper/Pen & Sword Books in 2001.
From Studio Vista she moved to a job with the publisher Marshall Cavendish, and from there to Weidenfeld and Nicolson, where she was given her own imprint.
Chambers Slang Dictionary (by Jonathon Green, Chambers Harrap Publishers, ISBN 978-0-550-10439-7), 2008 previously Cassell Dictionary of Slang (Cassell Reference, 1998; last edition 2006, ISBN 978-0-304-36636-1)