# Max Everest-Phillips Brief overview of the person. **Online **: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-everest-phillips-73a89844 **Organization**: **Location**: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam --- ## Entries ### "The Passionate Bureaucrat" book [[2025-04-23]]: In 2018, Max Everest-Phillips published the book "The Passionate Bureaucrat: Lessons for the 21st Century from 4,500 Years of Public Service Reform". Drawing on historical examples stretching back millennia, including the first known public service reform proclaimed 4,500 years ago by Urukagina, a ruler in Mesopotamia, the book discusses the vital importance of effective and impartial public administration.