Full Name: Jared Higgins

Position: CEO of Secure Drive, a member of the Arcfyre group

Main Activity of the Companies: Security transport services, protection services and risk consulting

Date and Place of Birth: 1974, Zimbabwe

Education: Northcliff High School

First Job: Stallion Security

First Job with Present Group: CEO

Value of Assets under Your Control: R200-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: More than 140

Management Style: I am customer driven and passionate, and a perfectionist through and through

Personal Best Achievement: Taking part in the Ironman 70.3 race, in Austria

Professional Best Achievement: At Secure Drive, as a team, we have always complied with the company’s code of conduct and remained transparent and ethical, even in testing situations, when competitors play outside the rules of the game. Further, Secure Drive has the most dynamic growth of the Arcfyre group businesses

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My father

Philosophy of Life: Success is not about the amount of money you make, but about the lives you change

Hope for the Future: In the short term, improving on what we do in the regions where we already operate, recruiting local staff who strategically contribute to the sustained growth of the company and working to ensure that our international offices become more self-sufficient. In the long term, expanding into South America, investing more resources in the social media intelligence space and, possibly, acquiring a few more companies that add to the services we currently offer

Favourite Reading: Any type of biography – understanding a person’s life events and being taken on their journey fascinate me

Favourite TV Programme: Blue Bloods and Chicago Fire

Favourite Drink: Whiskey or gin and tonic

Favourite Music: I listen to all types of music

Favourite Sport: Boxing

Favourite Website: News websites, to keep up to date with what is going on locally and abroad

Hobbies: Endurance training – your mind is incredible when tested and this tests your ability to withstand pain, stress and fatigue, while pushing your physical self to be the best it can be

Car: Jeep Wrangler

Pets: I am more of a dog person

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Talkative people and people who do not 'own' their decisions

Favourite Other South African Company: Woolworths

Favourite Foreign Company: Amazon

Married: To Ashlei, since 2005

Clubs: Team Vitality