He is quick to praise but when he has to scold someone, he does it behind closed doors. He takes care of people. When this reporter arrived at his office for the interview at 1 pm, he had bought seafood soup and a wide assortment of pastries 'in case you are hungry'. He is better known for treating his staff to dim sum and wine binges at Lei Garden restaurant. I don't have kids and no one gets broke because of eating.
Life is short.
However, I tell them the audience will not. They do not think about whether you are sick, short of facilities or overworked. Once you go on air, people will judge you,' he says with finality. He does not negotiate where professionalism is concerned. And that, he says, is the reason he made the 'tough decision' to leave TCS after 19 plump years to join the competitor.