The A-List: 2008

Born

1st January 1968

Job

Chief executive

Company

WCRS

Work Telephone

+44 (0)20 7806 5000.

Address

5 Golden Square, London, W1F 9BS

Fantasy business partner

Lynette Scavo, Parcher and Murphy Advertising.

How do you off-set your carbon footprint?

Freecycle.com.

Greatest influence

My parents.

Clubs

Wacl, MGGB, "If You Can't Differentiate Between 'Your' and 'You're' You Deserve To Die" on Facebook.

Favourite gadget

Still my juicer.

Desert island objects

Lip balm, Montblanc pen and paper, photograph of my family.

Most-admired politician

Nelson Mandela.

Favourite media

The Observer, The New Yorker, 24, Magic, news.sky.com.

Who should play you in the film of your life?

Penelope Cruz.

Career highlights

AC Nielsen, Saatchi & Saatchi, planner to board planning director; WCRS, board planner, then head of planning, 1999 to 2004, chief executive, 2005 to date.

Fictional hero

Tintin.

Hidden talent

Poker.

Best job outside advertising

Waitressing at Freda's Cafe in Cape Town.

Lowdown

The focused, hard-working and very nice Klein has steered WCRS through one of its most successful years, and she's counfounded the cynics by bedding in the mighty Sky account smoothly. The agency has produced a stunning body of work for the broadcaster, which is considered one of adland's trickest clients, and Klein accomplished all of this while pregnant.

Most expensive purchase

HDTV.

Why are you good at what you do?

Tell it like it is.