Name: Pat Delaney.

Title: Director, Small Firms Association.

School: Christian Brothers, Dun Laoghaire. Dublin.

University: Institute of Public Administration.

Home: Glenageary, Dublin.

Most important life event: Waking up each day.

Biggest business break: Being appointed director of the SFA.

Biggest business mistake: Not buying Atlantic Oil at 10p in 1982.

Time of getting up: 6.45 a.m.

Time of finishing work: Sevenish.

Favourite breakfast: Saturday morning.

Exercise: Long walks.

Holidays: Anywhere quiet.

Favourite TV programme: Anything narrated by David Attenborough.

Favourite radio programme: Master Works, BBC Radio 3.

Car: VW/DART.

Commuting time: 40 minutes.

Favourite airline: Aer Lingus.

Worst thing about travel: Arriving.

Favourite bank: The SFA loves all banks.

Favourite tipple: At dinner with friends.

Favourite pub: Basil Sheils, Keady, Co Armagh.

Favourite restaurant: La Stampa, Dublin.

How do you spend your spare time: Walking, cooking and horse racing.

Person you most admire: Oliver Twist.

Dying words: Multim in parvo (much in little).