Sir Adrian smiled, watching his wife walk up the garden towards them, admiring the grace of her body.

"My father had a different natural body clock from the rest of the family," Sir Adrian said.

Sir Adrian found this work fascinating and would have been perfectly happy at the time to have made it his long-standing job.

As he progressed in the company, Sir Adrian also spent time out in the field selling.

Sir Adrian believes that today young people aspiring to careers in industry should seriously think about setting up their own small firms.

This is an issue that is close to Sir Adrian's heart.

This presented Sir Adrian and his top management team with a dilemma.

Sir Adrian doesn't profess to have any special technique for making up his mind over difficult decisions as some top executives do.

Sir Adrian is a staunch believer in decisions based on logical analysis, rather than the gut feeling some entrepreneurs prefer to act upon.

Sir Adrian utterly rejects the definition of work as full-time employment.