Aycliffe Today Business AT Business Issue 30 | Page 31

The magazine for Aycliffe Business Park | 31
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What do you do?
I’m managing director of Roman. We manufacturer
shower enclosures, bath screens, wetrooms, specialist
shower trays and solid surface fabrication.
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Best part of your job?
Leading an enthusiastic, ambitious, talented and fun
team.
Is there anything about your job that you really
don’t like?
Trains, planes and automobiles. Travel does become a
drag!
“Surround yourself
with good people.”
Favourite thing about working on
Aycliffe Business Park?
The odd subway treat on a Friday.
Which company/individual on the park do you
do the most work with?
We share quite a few key customers across the kitchen
and bathroom industry with PWS.
Who’s your tip for future success?
Roman Fabrications is the latest addition to our group.
It is rapidly evolving and has a strong international
presence in the world of hotel design.
Four famous people you’d love to have round for
dinner and why?
Richard Burton and Oscar Wilde would give a witty
and cultural dimension. I think Will Smith would be
good fun and I’d have to say Sam Warburton as a proud
Welshman.
If you could do something else in business, what
would it be?
Lead a marketing and design agency.
Made in Britain. We are a firm supporter of the
organisation and their #MIBHour every Thursday.
Have you ever done anything really daring?
Cliff jumping in the West Indies is probably the most
stupid – but there is a good back catalogue.
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Who have you worked for in the past?
I joined Roman almost exactly 25 years ago straight
from university.
10. Who’s your favourite Tweeter?

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been given?
Surround yourself with good people.
13. If money was no object, what would be your ideal

car?
Having no interest in cars I would have to say a Ferrari
Daytona as its about all I know from the 70s.
14. Money no object, your dream holiday would be?

A trip around some of the most beautiful places in Asia
in 2019 and ending up in Japan for the rugby World Cup.
15. Do you have a favourite band or type of music?

Very wide ranging – it depends on the circumstance and
the mood.
16. What is your greatest achievement?

Roman has just won the Queens Award for International
Trade which is great recognition for our team.
17. How would you best describe yourself in four

words?
Positive, witty, generous and driven.
18. Where do you see yourself in five years?

Hopefully still here in a further expanded Roman.
19. Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever met?

The Queen recently at Buckingham Palace after winning
The Queens Award.
20. Do you have any guilty pleasures?

Good food and nice wine.