Full Name: Kevin George Craig Allardyce
Position: CEO and partner, The Construction Platform
Main Activity of the Company: Legal litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation in the construction industry
Date and Place of Birth: November 9, 1962, UK
Education: BA and LLB, University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal); LLM, Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg); higher diploma in arbitration, Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa (AASA); admission as a fellow of the AASA; registration as a meditator by the Department of Justice in terms of Section of the Magistrates Court
First Job: I started working in the insurance industry, before moving on to the legal field when I joined Askew and Grindlay Attorneys, in Durban
Career History Prior to Current Position: Insurance brokering and stockbroking
Size of First Pay Packet: R500 a month
First Job with Present Group: I joined the company in 1993
Value of Assets under Your Control: All the assets of the business
Number of People under Your Leadership: Five full-time employees and numerous external associates
Management Style: Lead by example
Personal Best Achievement: SADSA colours
Professional Best Achievement: Obtaining the LLM (labour law) degree and winning numerous Constitutional Court cases
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife, Leigh Allardyce
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Not stated
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Not stated
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Not stated
Philosophy of Life: Live each day as if it is your last
Biggest Ever Opportunity: To become a Protea angler
Biggest Ever Disappointment: None
Hope for the Future: That all the people of South Africa live side by side in all their diversity and to prosper
Favourite Reading: Nonfiction
Favourite TV Programme: None
Favourite Food/Drink: Indian and Italian food/single-malt Irish whiskey
Favourite Music: All genres
Favourite Sport: Deep-sea angling
Favourite Website: None
Hobbies: Deep-sea angling, cycling and travel
Car: Ford Ranger
Pets: Rocky, a Boerboel, and Molly, a Jack Russell cross
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Not stated
Favourite Other South African Company: Not stated
Favourite Foreign Company: Not stated
Married: To Leigh Anne Joan Allardyce, since February 10, 1989
Children: Ryan George Robb Allardyce, 27; Laura Michelle Robb Allardyce, 25; Leah Anne Robb Allardyce, 21
Clubs: Nomads Fishing Club, SADSA