I remember his: ‘keep on buggering on’ approach; holding a Blackberry centimetres from his face coz he didn’t have the right glasses; managing a significant project from the side of a pool when that unpronounceable Icelandic volcano stranded the family in Portugal for weeks; being economical with the actualité in a Go/No Go meeting because he trusted the project team to deliver, and being proved right; properly mental ideas about giving legislative power to pre-teens; having clarity on what was important and what was not, and what was the difference; being friendly and approachable, like a good, honest wine.
