Name: Richard Thompson.

Title: Managing director, OceIreland Limited.

Marital status: Married to Sheila with one son (7) and one daughter (2).

School: North Manchester High School for Boys.

College: Huddersfield Polytechnic (Yorkshire).

Home: Sutton, Co Dublin

Most important life event: My parental upbringing.

Biggest business break: Losing my job with Oce UK after the acquisition of Siemens Printing Systems and being appointed MD of Oce Ireland.

Biggest business mistake: Discovering girls, when I should have been revising for A levels.

Time of getting up: 7.157.30 a.m.

Time of finishing work: Around 7 p.m.

Favourite breakfast: Good fry-up with a glass of milk. Exercise: Squash, sailing, skiing, golf.

Holidays: Anywhere in Galway or Caravan in north Wales.

Favourite TV programme: Have I Got News for You.

Favourite radio programme: John Peel, BBC Radio 1.

Car: BMW.

Commuting time: 45 minutes.

Favourite airline: None, they're all pretty bland.

Worst thing about travel: Fellow Englishmen abroad.

Favourite bank: AIB.

Favourite tipple: Pint of Guinness.

Favourite pub: Matt Malloys, Westport.

Favourite restaurant: Bon Appetite in Malahide Village.

How do you spend your spare time: Outdoor sports.

Person you most admire: John Hume.

Dying words: Better make that a half pint.