Richard Abela is the son of immigrant parents, who were established in Australia originally as cane farmers in North Queensland. However, Richard would be raised in the Western suburbs of Sydney. Richard's education was not the best to begin with as his HSC results would show. So here is the interesting thing about Richard, he has a fear of failure. Determined not to let those results get the better of him, he got up, dusted himself off and turned his education around. Richard knuckled down to study an accounting qualification and now has an MBA with a marketing specialization. And, ironically, now teaches the Emerging Leaders program at the University of Western Sydney. Having had many roles throughout his career that has seen him work in many parts of the world, Richard now finds himself as a CEO of one, if not the, oldest and most established tool suppliers, to the painting and decorating industry in Australia, Oldfields. In this podcast, we will talk to Richard about where Oldfields came from to reestablishing Oldfields as a market leader and everything in between.