Motor Finance Ltd
What was your first ever job? Working in a small
dairy shop on Saturdays. I had the job of making butter rounds and
pressing them with a clover leaf pattern. I got paid 12 shillings
and 6p!
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What time do you usually leave the office? Too
late
What do you do at weekends? If I’m not at Stamford
Bridge I usually spend the weekend catching up with friends
What’s your favourite restaurant? The Stuffed
Olive in Northampton
If you weren’t in your current job, what would you have
been? I have a degree in pharmacy so I suppose I would be
counting pills somewhere.
Who is your mentor or role model? My role model
and mentor was my father. He had a tremendous work ethic but always
put his family first.
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By GlobalDataWhat’s the best thing about your job? The
people I work with. They care.
What’s the toughest thing about your job?
Having to make tough decisions that you just know are going to be
unwelcome and then selling it so that there is buy in.
What’s your biggest work/career mistake and what did you
learn from it? It’s not that I don’t make mistakes, I do,
but I can’t think of anything momentous. It sounds corny but
everyday is a learning experience.
What car do you drive? A Mercedes CLS 320d
What book are you currently reading? I always
have a few books going at any one time. Currently Jeremy Clarkson
‘And Another Thing’, C J Sansom ‘Winter in Madrid’, Khalled
Hosseini ‘The Kite Runner’
What’s on your CD player at the moment? Amy
Winehouse, Michael Bublé, Il Divo
