Name: Tom Rourke.

Title: Chief executive, Assurelink.

Education: St Aidan's CBS, Whitehall, TCD and UCD.

Marital status: Married to Grainne.

Children: Cillian (3).

Home: Rathfarnham.

Most important life event: Meeting my wife, followed closely by the birth of our son.

Biggest business break: Taking an MBS at UCD.

Time of getting up: 6.30 (a.m. that is!)

Time of finishing work: Never.

Favourite breakfast: Pancakes in Kaffe Klatch.

Form of exercise: Fencing, boxing and wrestling with Cillian.

Holidays: Greenwich, Connecticut.

Favourite TV programme: The West Wing.

Favourite radio programme: Morning Ireland and The Open Mind.

Car you drive: VW.

Favourite airline: Aer Lingus.

The worst thing about travel: Delays.

Favourite tipple: Amarone.

Favourite restaurant: The Little Skillet, Kinsale.

Dying words: "Jenny, is my discount cremation voucher still valid?"