Name: Patrick Keogh.

Title: Chief executive, Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

School: Knockbeg College, Carlow.

College: University College Dublin.

Marital Status: Married.

Wife: Siobhan.

Children: Killian, Diarmuid, Anne-Marie and David.

Home: Foxrock, Dublin 18.

Membership of clubs: Fairweather member of local cycling club.

Most important life event: Coming to Dublin in the late1960s.

Biggest business break: Getting my first job with ESRI.

Biggest business mistake: Not buying that house.

Personal bank: Bank of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

Time of getting up: Ideally, 7 a.m.

Favourite breakfast: Saturday morning brunch with time to enjoy it.

Form of exercise: Walking and cycling.

Holidays: A la campagne en France.

Favourite TV Programme: Newsnight, BBC.

Favourite Radio Programme: Sunday Miscellany, RTE Radio.

Car: Well travelled Ford Sierra.

Commuting time: Ten minutes.

Car miles per year: 20,000.

Air miles per year: Occasional visits to mainly EU destinations.

Favourite airline: Aer Lingus.

The worst thing about travel: Air-conditioned hotel rooms.

The best thing about travel: Getting off the treadmill.

Favourite tipple: Gin and Tonic.

Favourite restaurant for business: Brasserie na Mara, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

Favourite restaurant for dinner: Fitzers, Ballsbridge, Co Dublin.

Dying Words: "Is it over already?".