When I discussed this feature with the Board,

I had an idea of what car I thought each Director should be paired with.

The car I planned to pair Charlie with was the Fund’s manual Aston Martin DBS (the James Bond car).

Charlie is very well spoken, as you would expect from a gent born in the UK, but don’t be fooled by that, he’s more Aussie than most. Like Mr Bond, Charlie is fit, presents impeccably and prefers to let actions speak louder than mere words.

Whilst I chose the DBS for Charlie, he chose the other gentleman's marque in the Jag. Who am I to question his considered judgement?

With a personal soft spot, I can understand why Charlie chose the Project 7 To the eye, the shape and colour are just stunning. Then you start it and the supercharged V8 screams to life like a middle digit to the future. Based on an F-Type R convertible, but losing the folding roof entirely and adding a D-Type hump behind the driver, a wider, deeper front bumper and splitter, a longer rear diffuser, a whopping big rear wing and lots of carbon trim, the Project 7 is indisputably one of the sexiest modern cars Jaguar has made and one of the most captivating across any marque.

Nostalgic, raucous and with a stance that screams intent

But this is not just some show pony The Project 7 was built for performance and was Jaguar’s fastest and most powerful sports car at the time of production. The 575 horsepower from its 5 litre supercharged V8 engine, enables the all aluminium bodied car – which weighs 1,585kg – to reach 100kmph in 39seconds and onwards towards an electronically-limited (ie it could go faster) top speed of 300km/h. The fully road-legal two-seater roadster concept car was built to be the most performance-focused derivative of the acclaimed F-TYPE range.