Sparks were bound to fly when Wolfgang "Wolf" Blass, the 82-year-old winemaker and founder of Wolf Blass wines, met Andrew "Drew" Abercrombie, the chairman and founding director of FlexiGroup. Both are charismatic men with plenty to say. Despite their very different career journeys in industries that couldn't be more disparate, they agreed on many things.

Firstly that CEOs should not be rewarded when they fail to perform as leaders, says Blass.