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My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.

The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.

With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to

helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're

all put together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your

life, check out BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Kristaie Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs Archive.

For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 2006, and the presenter was Sue Lawley.

Music My castaway this week is an evangelist. Actually, he's a lawyer by training and profession,

but for the last six and a half years it's been his job to promote British business to itself,

to Britain and to the world. It's a high-profile role, and he's acquitted it with gusto,

a word that epitomises his approach to practically everything he does.

His family were shopkeepers in the Midlands at a time when Longbridge was the Acme of British car making and Birmingham hummed with industrial pride. He won a scholarship

to the local public school and became head boy. Then he travelled via the law and a stint at the

accountancy giant KPMG to his present position where as the beaming, energetic and tirelessly enthusiastic champion

of British industry, he's walked the tightrope between commerce and politics with remarkable

agility. If the businessmen and women of Britain say jump, he says, I say, how high? He is the

Director-General of the CBI, the Confederation of British Industry, Sir Digby Jones.

So you're a biddible sort of chap, are you, Digby?

People ask you to do something, you do it.

I'm not actually known as somebody who's been a yes man at any time, I think, but in this job,

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