Eric Crooke, BE (Mech) BCom, 37 (at Jan 1 2008), grew up in Brisbane where he attended the Anglican Church Grammar School. He was introduced to the understandings of the human condition by his friend and FHA member John Biggs in 1990 while attending the University of Queensland. After moving to Sydney in early 1998 to directly support the FHA, Eric rose to be the NSW Manager for his division in a leading Australian packaging company. He is involved in the financial management and other aspects of the FHA and now works as the executive manager in a manufacturing business.