Full Name: Gareth Lloyd-Jones

Position: MD of Ecowise

Main Activity of the Company: The provision of services related to health and hygiene, including labour, technical expertise, turnkey hygiene and sanitation systems and food-safety solutions

Date and Place of Birth: December 11, 1973, Cape Town

Education: BHRM, CPLD (University of the Witwatersrand), PDM

First Job: Management development consultant

Career History Prior to Current Position: Human resource manager: strategic projects at Truworths

Size of First Pay Packet: R6 000 a month

First Job with Present Group: Human resources and operations director

Value of Assets under Your Control: R45-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: Seven direct reports and 3 500 employees in total

Management Style: Charismatic leadership, management by walkabout, focusing on outputs and results and, when my intuition tells me to get involved, I listen

Personal Best Achievement: Completing the Comrades Marathon for the first time in 2010

Professional Best Achievement: Our performance as a business last year in the context of the global economic situation and the pressures on the industry we operate in

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My eldest son, Robert William Lloyd-Jones

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Steven Bagg, former marketing director of Sun International

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: John Hall, chairperson of the National Peace Accord Trust

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: John Hall, in the 1980s and 1990s

Philosophy of Life: Work hard and play hard

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Joining Sun International, in 1999, at Sun City and being part of a culturally powerful, driven and dynamic business and team, which directed an operation in a time of tremendous organisational renewal and challenge

Hope for the Future: That South Africa becomes the country that it has the potential to be

Favourite Reading: All of Paulo Coelho’s books

Favourite TV Programme: Masterchef

Favourite Food/Drink: Braai/single-malt and any good wine

Favourite Music: All 1980s music

Favourite Sport: Rugby, cricket, road running and golf

Favourite Website: Wikipedia and iTunes

Hobbies: Long distance road running and golf

Car: Audi

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: SMS text language, slow drivers in the right-hand lane and legalese

Favourite Other South African Company: South African Breweries

Favourite Foreign Company: General Electric

Married: To Celeste since May 29, 2004

Children: Robert, 6; Edward, 3

Clubs: Atlantic Beach golf club