At the Broken Sound Club in south Florida, champion golf players and American football legends ate oysters and sipped cocktails around a giant swimming pool. It was a warm evening in early April, as violinists and Cirque-du-Soleil-style acrobats in elaborate costumes wove their way through the palm trees. The night would be capped off by an extravagant fireworks display.
The revellers were celebrating the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational and the chief executive of the building products company, Aaron Erter, was the man of the moment.