Full Name: Timothy Mark Frankish

Position: MD of SolarSaver

Main Activity of the Company: SolarSaver is an innovative solar photovoltaic solutions company that offers its clients a capital-expenditure-free rent-to-own model

Date and Place of Birth: April 11, 1981, Pietermaritzburg

Education: BBusSci (finance and accounting), University of Cape Town, 2002; postgraduate diploma in accounting, 2003; MBusSci (finance) (cum laude), 2004

First Job: Audit clerk at PwC

Career History Prior to Current Position: PwC – 2005 to 2006; Bravura Capital – 2007 to 2014; Fig Tree Resources Fund – 2014 to 2015

Size of First Pay Packet: R75 000 a year, in 2005

First Job with Present Group: Founder

Value of Assets under Your Control: R250-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 20

Management Style: Between total control and total panic

Personal Best Achievement: Balancing the needs of a rapidly growing business with those of a rapidly growing family

Professional Best Achievement: Starting SolarSaver and seeing it grow into a successful business

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My father-in-law, Mark Batchelor

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Phillip Rosenthal, of Somebody Feed Phil. I love travelling and trying foods from around the world, so that show is right up my street

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Jeff Bezos

Philosophy of Life: Don’t put off anything you want to do in life

Biggest ever opportunity: Taking a year off after articles to backpack around the world by myself

Biggest Ever Disappointment: I would have loved to study abroad, and to study something just for interest’s sake rather than with any career outcome in mind

Hope for the Future: To be in a position to give my girls the chance to become anything they want to be

Favourite Reading: A good crime thriller

Favourite TV Programme: Somebody Feed Phil

Favourite Food/Drink: Dim Sum, with Char Kway Teow, from a street vendor in Penang, a close second

Favourite Music: Alternative rock and Indie

Favourite Sport: I grew up trout fishing but have now become addicted to hunting yellows and tigers

Favourite Website: The Guardian

Hobbies: Flying my very small, very old plane and tying flies in preparation for my next fishing trip

Car: VW Amarok

Pets: Two (usually wet) golden retrievers

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Waiting in queues

Favourite Other South African Company: Nando’s

Favourite Foreign Company: Uber

Married: To Sarah Batchelor, since October 9, 2010

Children: Katherine, 7; Sophie, 5; Lauren, 10 months

Clubs: Country Club Johannesburg; Wanderers Hockey Club