I've only just spotted your post. Yes, it was "Ian the Excellent"; however, he truly was, and also a nice man, if a little frightening by his bulk and cold blue eyes that would cut through you like a razor. Sadly, he'd departed from IELTS a year or so before you posted your contribution- the doctors having given him three months to live. But this is what I was told only.

To bring you a little up to date on the nasty Mr River & Co. "The Doctor" at one stage decided to bring in a heavy to deal with FT's, with a mandate to beat them up if necessary; however, the thug got over-zealous and turned on River himself. Mr River retired home to nurse his wounds. The good doctor relented, sacking the hit-man and reinstalling the small baijiu-drinking-idiot to his full eminence.

Oh yes, Ian is nearly Welsh-that's to say he came from a little-known place next door, England.