As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.

Dream big and you will be presented with the opportunity to lead the world on an incredible adventure.

I think in life the key thing is just to fight really hard to make sure something survives. If it looks like you've done everything you can to avoid failure, just move forward, move on and learn from it.

Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.

I'm hopeful that after Iraq, those in charge will think twice about taking us down that route again.

I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard

Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management - this way we can concentrate on the job in hand, rather than be part of some enormous and faceless conglomerate.