1 What was your first job?

I was a graduate management trainee at Hertz Rent-a-Car.

2 What was your first company car, and what do you drive now?

We didn't have allocated cars back then, but a Ford Capri 1.6 was the vehicle most often 'available' when it was time for me to go home. I now lease a Lexus CT200h Advance.

3 What did you listen to on your last car journey?

I am a big Radio 4 fan, but when stuck in traffic, I need something more uplifting. Aretha Franklin does it for me - she has a magnificent voice: soaring and soulful.

4 What do you wish you could do better?

As a keen tennis player, I would very much like to improve one particular shot - the backhand down the lin

5 What's your biggest achievement?

Ours is such a fantastic, fast-paced industry and it sounds a cliché to talk about giving something back to it - but that's what I do, it is my achievement and I hope to carry on for a little while yet.

6 What are your three favourite films?

It's very difficult to choose just three, but I'd have to include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. That was my son's favourite, so it became one of mine because I saw it so often.

I'd also add that I loved Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry and, more recently, I've enjoyed Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

7 What's the stupidest thing you've done?

When I was a teenager, I persuaded my two younger sisters to let me dye and cut their hair. They were unable to leave the house for a week and they have never forgiven me to this day for their orange/red pudding basin bobs.

8 What was the most hotly debated topic at your last meeting?

Who to choose as our after-dinner speaker and comedian for our annual dinner in March 2016.