Meet Our Team

What is your favourite thing about your role at FASTSIGNS?

Sounds cheesy... but I get my biggest buzz from happy customers. When clients are happy with our work and the service that we provide, then we have done our job correctly.

What’s the most memorable project you’ve worked on in your career?

I am a huge fan of Formula 1 and at the tail end of the 1980’s, I was manufacturing and (sometimes) installing the race car and transporter graphics to the Camel Team Lotus Honda for the 99T car, when the driver pairing was Ayrton Senna and Satoru Nakajima. My first job for Lotus was to install vinyl graphics on Senna’s racing helmet.

Around that time I became a sales person and went out on the road to sell to both Team Lotus and Braun Tyrrell Honda. I always found those calls to be the most glamorous.

What do you like to do outside of work?

Outside of work, I play guitar, largely for relaxation. But, over lockdown, I challenged myself to learn to play and sing simultaneously. I even recorded some songs and unleashed them to the world on Facebook and YouTube. Sorry to anyone that saw my little videos, but I enjoyed it!

Favourite Artist

I love Pop-Art. My favourite artist and a personal hero of mine is Sir Peter Blake, famous for designing The Beatles ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ LP cover. I was fortunate enough to meet him a few years ago and he is a true gentleman as well as being a fabulous artist. I am very lucky to have a few pieces of his work in my small collection.

What is your favourite thing about your role at FASTSIGNS?

I really enjoy being out on site, fitting the graphics and signage and seeing the finished article. It’s nice to be able to see a job through from creative to print to installation.

What print job is the hardest to do?

I have not come across anything I have found too difficult to do. Thankfully, I always have Richard who has vast experience on hand to advise and coach when I need support. . However, my worst trait is I procrastinate when it comes to plotting out the jobs as it’s my least favorite task to do.

If you had a super hero power what would it be and why?

Ooh so many choices, I think if I could, I would really like to be invisible. I am not sure I would use the power of invisibility for the greater good, but I would certainly have a lot of fun and become very rich.

Favourite Film?

I am a huge fan of Al Pacino films and Calito’s Way is my favourite by far. An American crime film based on the books I have not yet read Carlito’s Way and After Hours.

The film stars Pacino as Carlito Brigante, a criminal who vows to go straight and to retire in paradise. However, his past proves difficult to escape, and he unwittingly ends up being dragged into the same activities that got him imprisoned in the first place.

A great watch and one I have seen many times.