Selwyn joffe biography of rory

Question: You’ve had a varied career, from frozen food to alternators. How did you make it all work?

Answer: Business is business.

Whether it’s learning what to look for in an emerging business, starting a company, rebranding a line of frozen foods or streamlining production and cutting costs at a manufacturing plant, it’s all basically the same.

As with many businessmen, I love a challenge and I’ve basically just followed my instincts. Sometimes they’re correct and sometimes they’re not. But it’s always exciting.

Q: You seem to focus on turnarounds a lot.

A: I’ve learned that I really enjoy turning companies that are struggling around.

I did it with Wolfgang’s and we’re seeing it a little with MPA. You must give people the chance to succeed.

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You have to empower them. Everyone wants to succeed and it’s our job as managers to allow them to do that. The process has been very similar, in practice, at both