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Career history: Sean has more than 20 years’ experience in the water industry as an engineer, a client programme manager and a consultant.
What was your first job?
Working in a DIY store demonstrating how to artex ceilings and lay flooring.
What are the best and worst parts of your job?
Best: developing new ways of doing things and helping clients improve performance. Worst: paperwork.
What’s your dream job and why?
Professional footballer, to be paid a fortune to play football – heaven.
What’s your most treasured possession?
Probably my mountain bike.
Where did you last go on holiday?
Meloneras in Gran Canaria.
In the Hollywood film of your life, who would play you?
It would be nice to think someone like Daniel Craig might be up to the role.
Reveal something about yourself not many people know.
During a play fight as a small child I knocked out one of my dad’s teeth.
What album is currently in your car CD player?
The National Health by Maximo Park.
What’s your favourite film and TV programme?
My favourite film is Cool Hand Luke. If I had to choose only one TV programme, it would be Father Ted.
What quote or saying do you most overuse?
“The need to join the dots.” I am always telling people to explain things in clear and measurable ways.
If you ruled the world, what would you do first?
Ensure that everyone received a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.
What’s your favourite joke?
Two pieces of tarmac are in a pub. One says, “I’m really hard me, I’m from the M25 and 200,000 cars drive on me every day and not a mark.” The other says, “That’s nothing, I’m part of the runway at Heathrow, the busiest runway in the world. I have jets landing on me all day, every day. I am that hard.” Then a piece of red tarmac walks into the pub, and the first says, “Quick, come with me and hide.” The second says, “I thought you were hard, why hide?” “See that red tarmac? Never mind hard, he’s a cyclepath.”
This article first appeared in Utility Week’s print edition of 2nd November 2012.
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