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If you are looking for that stupendous top-level executive to join your company, the chances are they are not on the job market. But that doesn`t mean they`ve found their "final resting place".
There`s a good reason why Mike Wright and his staff are crammed back-to-back into open-plan offices that are ridiculously small for 30 people, although no one seems to mind.
In a flower-filled retirement complex called Haven Village, just off a street named Serene, Mike Lawrie is easily, if unintentionally, the most controversial resident.
Jill Hamlyn`s business cards are an awkward size. Quite a bit bigger than usual, they refuse to fit snugly into a conventional cardholder. Which is exactly the point. Hamlyn does not believe in putting people into boxes.
"Sorry, man, when we`re in the middle of writing matric exams, it`s like I`m writing matric exams," says Nash Jacobs, apologising for being so scarce lately.
Chartered accountants are supposed to be cautious folk. Quite possibly, that`s why, when the stock market was dead as a dodo, Peter Forsyth decided to go for a listing in the venture capital sector.
After one night in Cairo, population 14 million, David Redshaw`s wife Marjorie announced that she just couldn`t live there. Redshaw was sympathetic. "You can`t go for a run in the morning in Cairo, the pavements are so full of people," he says.
For a chief executive`s office, Richard Firth`s working space is modest. Rather on the small side for a large man, its furnishings, while functional, are hardly opulent.
A die-hard Blue Bulls fan, Benjamin Mophatlane is still on a high over his team`s thrashing of the Lions in this year`s Currie Cup final. "The drought is over!" he says gleefully, "I`m ecstatic!"
Rich, deep, resonant, Andile Ngcaba`s voice matches the lofty ideas he expresses.
With his overdeveloped social conscience pricking him mercilessly, Simon White is a pushover for worthy causes.
While many sectors are starting to see the benefits of getting involved in corporate social investment (CSI) initiatives, the IT industry is still battling to bridge the CSI perception gap.