Recipe for success: Once you have a strategy and a clear vision, everything else should fall into place.

His management style: I generally explain to people what I want and then let them get on with it.

Being a subsidiary of a larger parent company: It is different to being a plc in your own right, but it brings its own unique pressures.

Job satisfaction: There is always something fresh happening.

IBEC: I think in many ways it is not fully understood.