Full Name: Alex Johan Closs Ackron

Position: MD, High Power Equipment Africa (HPE)

Main Activity of the Company: HPE is the sole distributor of Hyundai earthmoving equipment in Southern Africa

Date and Place of Birth: March 13, 1979, Pretoria

Education: BCom (financial management), University of South Africa, 2001; global executive development programme (completed with distinction), Gordon Institute of Business Science, 2015

First Job: Portfolio manager, Spire Property Services, February 2005 to December 2006

Career History Prior to Current Position: Branch manager, CSE Equipment, a division of Capital Equipment Group, an Invicta Holdings company, October 2011 to May 2012; MD, CSE Equipment, June 2012 to September 2013

Size of First Pay Packet: R11 000 a month

First Job with Present Group: National manager, Turf Division – CSE Equipment, June 2007 to September 2011

Value of Assets under Your Control: More than R300-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: About 75

Management Style: My management style is determined by the situation presented; I lead by example at all times

Personal Best Achievement: Sailing around the world

Professional Best Achievement: Being the youngest MD in the Invicta group

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My family

Person Who has had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Capital Equipment Group CEO Anthony Sinclair, whom I worked with for ten years

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Albert Einstein, Jan Smuts

Philosophy of Life: The harder you work, the luckier you become

Hope for the Future: Economic growth and sustainability in South Africa

Favourite Reading: Complete Fly-Fishing, biographies

Favourite Food/Drink: Red wine and bobotie

Favourite Music: This depends on my mood

Favourite Sport: Rugby

Favourite Website: Google

Hobbies: I have, from a young age, been a keen sportsperson and participated in the following activities: rugby, squash, karate, sailing, canoeing, cycling, working out in the gym, running, scuba diving, skydiving, deep-sea fishing, spear fishing and fly-fishing

Car: 320 i BMW and Land Rover

Pets: None

Favourite Other South African Company: South African Breweries

Married: To Alexandra Manson, since March 22, 2013

Children: Ella Sophia Molly (born on April 2, 2015)

Clubs: Not stated