Ralph Gilbert

Co-founder, Focus Group

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Ralph Gilbert

What has been your business highlight of 2022?

Securing the off-market acquisitions of EVAD, STL and INCOM for Focus.

If you were ruler of your own country, what law would you introduce first?

Not necessarily a law but I would move Xmas to the summer as I hate having so much time off in the winter months.

If you had a warning label, what would it say?

"Rarely wrong."

What was your first job?

Saturday boy at a butcher's shop.

What was the last book you read, and was it any good?

I have only read one book since leaving school: The Street Smart MBA by Ian Fishwick - I would recommend it to anyone in the industry.

What's the most important lesson you've learned from another business leader or mentor?

Keep your head below the parapet and you won't make yourself a target.

Who would play you in a movie of your life?

Vince Vaughn

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