Full Name: Kevin George Craig Allardyce

Position: CEO and partner, The Construction Platform

Main Activity of the Company: Legal litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation in the construction industry

Date and Place of Birth: November 9, 1962, UK

Education: BA and LLB, University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal); LLM, Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg); higher diploma in arbitration, Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa (AASA); admission as a fellow of the AASA; registration as a meditator by the Department of Justice in terms of Section of the Magistrates Court

First Job: I started working in the insurance industry, before moving on to the legal field when I joined Askew and Grindlay Attorneys, in Durban

Career History Prior to Current Position: Insurance brokering and stockbroking

Size of First Pay Packet: R500 a month

First Job with Present Group: I joined the company in 1993

Value of Assets under Your Control: All the assets of the business

Number of People under Your Leadership: Five full-time employees and numerous external associates

Management Style: Lead by example

Personal Best Achievement: SADSA colours

Professional Best Achievement: Obtaining the LLM (labour law) degree and winning numerous Constitutional Court cases

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife, Leigh Allardyce

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Not stated

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Not stated

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Not stated

Philosophy of Life: Live each day as if it is your last

Biggest Ever Opportunity: To become a Protea angler

Biggest Ever Disappointment: None

Hope for the Future: That all the people of South Africa live side by side in all their diversity and to prosper

Favourite Reading: Nonfiction

Favourite TV Programme: None

Favourite Food/Drink: Indian and Italian food/single-malt Irish whiskey

Favourite Music: All genres

Favourite Sport: Deep-sea angling

Favourite Website: None

Hobbies: Deep-sea angling, cycling and travel

Car: Ford Ranger

Pets: Rocky, a Boerboel, and Molly, a Jack Russell cross

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Not stated

Favourite Other South African Company: Not stated

Favourite Foreign Company: Not stated

Married: To Leigh Anne Joan Allardyce, since February 10, 1989

Children: Ryan George Robb Allardyce, 27; Laura Michelle Robb Allardyce, 25; Leah Anne Robb Allardyce, 21

Clubs: Nomads Fishing Club, SADSA