Penny speed meets... Tim Goodman, business development director, ICAB

What was your first ever job – and were you any good at it?
Hairdresser to the stars (Princess Di to name drop if I have to). My wife says I’m better at gardening these days

If an MP3 player really could only hold three tunes, what would you select for the ultimate soundtrack to your life?
Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen; The Chain by Fleetwood Mac; Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley

Who was your top teenage pin-up?
Mrs Katie Goodman (hope the wife reads this for brownie points)

My colleagues won’t know this about me but…
I used to act and sing at the Edinburgh festival with Jude Law

Favourite book of all time?
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes – a must-read

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
Treat others how you would like to be treated – it’s the golden rule

What would be your chosen superpower?
Petrolman. No need to stand cold and bored at service stations filling up: Petrolman just looks at the petrol gauge and it rises

If you could be Prime Minister for the day, what change would you instigate and why?
I would change all laws that extremists in the UK have human rights; they should have no rights whatsoever once they try to harm our people or country

How would a typical school report about you read?
Tim is a bright boy with good common sense. However, Tim is more interested in showing off and acting the class fool

My top tip for climbing the insurance career ladder is…
Be 100% immersed in the insurance industry, not just your field

What’s the most annoying thing people do in your office?
As in most offices: air con on, air con off, on, off…

My last supper would comprise…
Spaghetti bolognaise with veal Milanese

Who has been the most influential person in your life?
My wife (more brownie points)

When I’m not working I like to…
Be with my wife and five-month-old baby, play golf and poker, and drink fine wine (not all at the same time)

Last film you saw?
Les Miserables (don’t tell anyone, but I cried)

If I wasn’t working in insurance I would probably be...
A Premier League footballer

If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
To the 1960s or early 1970s: music and great parties

Name your five ideal dinner party guests (dead or alive) noting what they bring to the party
Ian Wright – great football banter; Ian Poulter – amazing golf chat; Michael McIntyre – such a funny guy; David Attenborough – a true genius; and Jilly Goolden – talking about and tasting fine wines

Career high point to date?
Winning Surge Supplier of the Year and seeing one of our employees nominated for Young Achiever of the Year at the British Insurance Awards – a very proud moment

Marmite: food of the gods or work of the devil?
Devil

What do you say when strangers at a social gathering ask what you do for a living?
I’m a model

Finish this sentence: Insurance is a great industry to work in because…
There is a new wave of young enthusiastic people who want to drive the industry to the next level. The days of people thinking the insurance industry is boring have long gone