Having retained a large part of their squad, and added new faces in Adam Green, Richard Graham and John Wallace, Burman is targeting a higher placing this year.

BBC: Darford boss Tony Burman gives squad 10-point target

Liberal Democrat GLA member Graham Tope, responsible for human rights, and Green GLA member Darren Johnson, with the environment portfolio.

BBC: Livingstone's 'big tent' cabinet meets

In addition to those cited in this report, the author is particularly grateful for the insights, many of them off the record, of Hal Sirkin, Nandan Nilekani, Alvaro Rodriguez Arragui, Bernard Charles, Joshua Ramo, Michelle Guthrie, Arjun Divecha, Len Blavatnik, Viktor Vekselberg, Malvinder Singh, Bill Ford, Michael Green, Lord John Browne, John Studzinski, Bill Rhodes, Diana Farrell, Mikhail Fridman, Graham Mackey, Thor Bjorgolfsson, Ram Charan, Nabil Habayeb, Diana Glassman, David Rubenstein, Eli Jacobs, Dambisa Moyo, Alastair Newton and Michael Patsalos Fox.

ECONOMIST: Sources and acknowledgments