Published Date:
08 May 2009
Wesley Downham, business director for FGH Security, Lancaster
1. What is your earliest recollection?
Going to Pontin's as a child.
2. What was your first job?
My first ever part-time job was picking strawberries. My first
full-time job was as a security guard in Principles in Manchester.
3. Happiest memory?
Getting my puppy Sooty, who has now sadly passed away, and – being wheelchair bound as a young teenager – when the hospital presented me with my electric wheelchair so I could be more independent.
4. Biggest regret?
Spending a substantial amount of money I received in a relative's will by blowing it all on partying.
5. Favourite song or artist?
Stand By Me (Ben E King) and To Love Somebody (The Bee Gees).
6. Most-thumbed book?
A friend of mine brought out a book – Doing the Doors by Robin Barratt.
7. Website most often visited?
www.porsche.com/uk.
8. Best-loved food?
Probably has to be authentic Cantonese Chinese cuisine.
9. What's your tipple?
A nice cold Leffe Blond beer.
10. What's your must-watch TV programme?
Anything that stars Gordon Ramsay.
11. A film not to be missed?
Seven.
12. Top holiday destination?
Beverly Hills, New York and Mexico.
13. Which football team's result do you look for first on Saturday?
Not that much into football.
14. Favourite car?
Porsches, Porsches, Porsches!
15. Pet, past or present?
My beloved Sooty, who I miss very much.
16. Favourite aftershave?
Anything by Paul Smith.
17. Which personality would you most like to meet?
Clint Eastwood stands out.
18. Biggest influence on your life so far?
Although my mum and dad have brought me up to be the person I am, I would have to say my business partner Peter Harrison as he has always helped to keep me on the straight and narrow.
19. What difference would a lottery win make to you?
I can hear Monaco calling me.
20. What would be your dream job?
I think I already have it.
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Last Updated:
08 May 2009 10:29 AM
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Source:
n/a
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Location:
Lancaster