Why You Shouldn’t be Afraid of Sales
    
 
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Article by Nigel Hirst 
        
    
            
                
                        Nigel Hirst argues that despite their wariness of sales roles, chemical engineers actually make the best technical salespeople
    
             
     
        
        
        
    
        
    
            
                Article by Nigel Hirst 
                
                    Nigel has (mostly) enjoyed a 40-year career in operations and engineering design in the UK and Asia. From 1987 he ran a medium-sized consultancy and contracting company with clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and waste treatment and remediation industries. He was the 82nd president of the Institution and joint editor of “Containment Systems, a Design Guide”, published by IChemE
             
     
        
        
        
        
        
     
    
 
    
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