In the Driving Seat: Alistair Poole, Managing Director, NGF EUROPE Limited
Alistair Poole says that he enjoys the Goodwood Festival of Speed so we hope that he’s attending this year’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power – the ‘Goodwood of the North’
Name
Alistair Poole
Company
NGF EUROPE Limited
Position
Managing Director
Apart from that
President of NGF CANADA Limited, Board Member of Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, Chair of the LCR LEP Making It Board
Association with NAA
Member for many years and Business Excellence Programme member
Personal
Married (26 years) to Diane, 3 daughters; Nicola (23) and 21 year old twins Rachel and Heather; and Lottie our Cocker Spaniel. Interests include relaxing with my family on the rare occasions we are all in one place, cycling (road, mountain and spinning), skiing, squash, travel, walking, motorsport, especially the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and occasionally hanging off tall buildings or jumping off mountains!
Favourite football team
Liverpool – what a season!
Musical performer
From my youth – Genesis; more recent – Adele
Movie
Too many to choose but anything directed by Ridley Scott
Books
Too many favourites to list, but a couple I enjoyed and can recommend – Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, and Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Best motoring moment
Dead heat; driving a Vectra Britcar (endurance racer) car around Oulton Park, and driving a Jaguar XKR-S at 175mph at Jaguar’s test circuit. The memory of either one makes me grin like a Cheshire cat.
Best business advice you’ve ever received?
Practice MBWA – Management By Wandering Around – literally and as a metaphor.
