Colin Whaley
Job title: head of sales and marketing.
Age: 37.
Born: Wimbledon.
Lives: Kingston, Surrey.
Status: partner.
Education: Rutlish School Wimbledon, University of Sheffield.
Path to career: from 1985-86 worked as a teacher. Started in sales at an independent newspaper in 1986. Joined British Airways in 1987 in information management, moving to revenue management in 1990. Joined leisure sales for UK and Ireland in 1992 before becoming the leisure marketing manager in 1985. Took up current position in June 1998.