Full Name: Jared Higgins
Position: CEO of Secure Drive, a member of the Arcfyre group
Main Activity of the Companies: Security transport services, protection services and risk consulting
Date and Place of Birth: 1974, Zimbabwe
Education: Northcliff High School
First Job: Stallion Security
First Job with Present Group: CEO
Value of Assets under Your Control: R200-million
Number of People under Your Leadership: More than 140
Management Style: I am customer driven and passionate, and a perfectionist through and through
Personal Best Achievement: Taking part in the Ironman 70.3 race, in Austria
Professional Best Achievement: At Secure Drive, as a team, we have always complied with the company’s code of conduct and remained transparent and ethical, even in testing situations, when competitors play outside the rules of the game. Further, Secure Drive has the most dynamic growth of the Arcfyre group businesses
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My father
Philosophy of Life: Success is not about the amount of money you make, but about the lives you change
Hope for the Future: In the short term, improving on what we do in the regions where we already operate, recruiting local staff who strategically contribute to the sustained growth of the company and working to ensure that our international offices become more self-sufficient. In the long term, expanding into South America, investing more resources in the social media intelligence space and, possibly, acquiring a few more companies that add to the services we currently offer
Favourite Reading: Any type of biography – understanding a person’s life events and being taken on their journey fascinate me
Favourite TV Programme: Blue Bloods and Chicago Fire
Favourite Drink: Whiskey or gin and tonic
Favourite Music: I listen to all types of music
Favourite Sport: Boxing
Favourite Website: News websites, to keep up to date with what is going on locally and abroad
Hobbies: Endurance training – your mind is incredible when tested and this tests your ability to withstand pain, stress and fatigue, while pushing your physical self to be the best it can be
Car: Jeep Wrangler
Pets: I am more of a dog person
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Talkative people and people who do not 'own' their decisions
Favourite Other South African Company: Woolworths
Favourite Foreign Company: Amazon
Married: To Ashlei, since 2005
Clubs: Team Vitality