Name: John Monks.
Age: 54.
Why he is in the news: Addressed IBEC's annual employee-relations conference in Dublin yesterday on the British experience of social partnership. This year the TUC recorded its first increase in membership since the 1970s.
Family: Married with three children.
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Interests: His other great passion is Mozart, but he recently admitted to "having a love affair with Sibelius".
"I need to get a regular fix of classical music."
