Full Name: Gareth Wyn Davies
Position: MD of Deebar Automation
Main Activity of the Company: Provision of automation solutions, including design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and continued operations
Date and Place of Birth: May 17, 1966, St Asaph, UK
Education: Instrumentation technician, Institution of Marketing Management, BCom (incomplete)
First Job: Apprentice instrumentation technician
Career History Prior to Current Position: AECI (starting out), Conlog (I learnt a lot here), Streamworks (discovered my abilities), MD at Ceramics (learnt to manage), CBI Electric (return to the industry)
Size of First Pay Packet: R280 a month
First Job with Present Group: Wiring a panel
Value of Assets under Your Control: The most valuable asset we have is human capital. I don’t think even our esteemed accounting colleagues can put a figure on that one
Number of People under Your Leadership: It varies
Management Style: Participative
Personal Best Achievement: I hope I have not yet achieved my personal best
Professional Best Achievement: It is happening right now
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: My future self – so I can check that I am going to do things rightPhilosophy of Life: Know when to seek advice
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Deebar Automation
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not stated
Hope for the Future: That the freedom of the Internet will not be further curtailed. For the human race, the Internet offers a platform to promote balance and awareness at unprecedented speeds of delivery and has a global reach
Favourite TV Programme: National Geographic
Favourite Food/Drink: Coffee
Favourite Music: Pink Floyd
Favourite Website: Internet banking
Hobbies: Ceramic art
Car: I am not overly concerned about a car
Pets: Waifs and strays
Miscellaneous Dislikes: People who jump stop streets
Favourite Other South African Company: De Beers and South African Breweries
Favourite Foreign Company: Not stated
Married: Single
Children: None
Clubs: None