The A-List: 2008

Born

21st May 1956

Job

Chief executive

Company

Chime Communications

Work Telephone

+44 (0)20 7861 8589.

Address

14 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HN

Fantasy business partner

Ronaldo.

How do you off-set your carbon footprint?

Via www.carbonfootprint.com.

Greatest influence

My wife, Teresa.

Clubs

MCC.

Favourite gadget

Sky+.

Desert island objects

Three large flares.

Most-admired politician

Always the leader of the opposition. The minority is generally right.

Favourite media

The Times, The Week, Sky, Radio 4, YouTube.

Biggest risk taken

Joining HHCL.

Perfect day

A river bank, followed by a family barbecue.

Who should play you in the film of your life?

Mikhail Gorbachev.

Career highlights

Heinz, IMP, HHCL, Bell Pottinger, Chime Communications.

Fictional hero

Reginald Iolanthe Perrin.

Hidden talent

"In a bar in Toledo across from the depot, on a bar stool she took off her ring."

Best job outside advertising

Gardener for Dame Barbara Ward.

Lowdown

As well as creating a buzz at Chime Communications, the energetic and dedicated Sattethwaite has one of the oddest out-of-work occupations in the industry. He is an avid student of apiology the study of bees.

Most expensive purchase

Annual holidays.

Why are you good at what you do?

Imaginative listener.