Andrew Wessels is the CEO & Founder of The Marque, the global success-based online business network that operates on a recommendation only policy. It is rapidly building a powerful membership base across the world having launched in London in early 2015 and more recently in New York. By joining, members gain three unique benefits: a private online platform for networking, a managed public profile and business intelligence via bespoke newsfeeds. The members represent some of the most successful leaders across a broad range of industries and are major contributors to business, arts, media, culture and sport.

My Favourite Website...Houzz – We are in the process of building a new home and it is an invaluable resource library.

My Favourite App...Dark Sky - Predicts rain up to the minute wherever you are. Very useful not getting caught without an umbrella en-route to a meeting!

My Favourite Blog... Corporate Jet Investor - I am obsessed with flying and for the moment can only dream of my own plane!

My Most Recent Buy Online... An incredibly smart new hen house for our chickens from Flyte So Fancy, although since moving in they seem to have stopped laying!

Book I've Just Downloaded... James Duigan's Clean and Lean

My Favourite Tweeter... @techcrunch for breaking technology news, analysis, and opinions.

My Favourite Instagrammer... @davidyarrow – David is the most incredible wildlife photographer and having grown up in South Africa his work really resonates with me.

My Pet Hate About Life Online... Unsolicited approaches and spam mail, a key value proposition between The Marque and other networks.

Social Media Allows Me to Meet... Some of the most successful people in the world, on a daily basis through The Marque.

My Stand Out Online Memory... Our official launch of The Marque and being described as 'LinkedIn for the world’s most successful people' by Forbes.

Most Worthwhile Newsletter... Halpern Hotlist – Always interesting and full of new ideas from its guest editors.

iPhone or Android... iPhone.

27 January 2016