Full Name: Bradley William Marwood

Position: MD of ASX-listed Tiger Resources

Main Activity of the Company: Copper mining, processing and exploration in Africa

Date and Place of Birth: May 30, 1960, Sydney

Education: BE (mining)

First Job: At 12, I ran prescriptions to house-bound outpatients within 3 km from the chemist

Size of First Pay Packet: A$0.50/h casual rate, enough to buy my own bike after a month!

Value of the Assets under Your Control: $100-million-plus

Number of People under Your Leadership: More than 400

Management Style: Firm but fair, and direct, and I never ask others to do what I will not

Personal Best Achievement: Tomorrow’s outcomes from today’s efforts

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My wife

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Former President Nelson Mandela at the Rugby World Cup, with Australia and South Africa going at it

Person Who Has Impressed You Most: R Buckminster Fuller – earning the right to survive!

Philosophy of Life: Do your best – if it does not work, do better

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being born in Australia

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Boiling a 1978 Holden Grange in the Simpson desert

Hope for the Future: That my generation earns the right for my children to survive

Favourite Reading: Adventure books with a historical and/or scientific backdrop

Favourite TV Programme: I watch movies, but not much TV

Favourite Food/Drink: Aged hung rump steak, flame-grilled, with crisp green salad, presented with any McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, all the better if of age

Favourite Music: Latin guitar

Favourite Sport: Rugby

Hobbies: Golf, sailing and skiing

Car: Toyota LC Sahara

Pets: Dogs before cats, birds, rabbits, snakes, mice, guinea pigs . . .

Dislikes: Bullying, from the schoolyard to the boardroom – it destroys innovation

Married: To Janette (J)

Children: Four children, two beautiful girls and two dangerous boys

Clubs: Royal Perth Yacht Club, Falls Creek Race Club