This month we chat with Šárka Feltwell, Senior Marketing Manager UK Wholesale & Aviation at MB Energy.
“TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT AND TRUST, UNTIL THEY PROVE OTHERWISE.”Šárka Feltwell
Sum up your working life in 25 words or fewer:
At the risk of sounding smug – it is a happy one. It’s busy and challenging, but the people are good, and that really matters.
Describe yourself in 3 words:
Oh, please no…
What were your childhood / early ambitions?
My first ambition was to become a sanitary worker, or a ‘bin man’ as they were known. They used to ride on the back of the truck, just hanging on, and I was in awe of their bravery.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
To never again say anything I’d cringe about at 2am.
The best advice you’ve ever received?
If you were ‘your best’ every day, it wouldn’t be your best.
Your top tips for business success?
Treat everyone with respect and trust, until they prove otherwise.
What’s the last photo you took on your phone?
A napping cat.
If you could have dinner with any person, living or dead, who and why?
My Grandad – the kindest man I’ve ever met.
You can only eat one thing for the rest of your life. What is it?
Questions like this fill me with terror. Imagine having to eat just one thing forever… But also, it would definitely be bread.
The best thing about your job?
Working with people from different countries.
The quality that you most admire?
The ability to set boundaries.
What are you most likely to say?
I’m starving!
What are you least likely to say?
No, thank you – that’s more than enough parmesan.
Describe your perfect day:
Early start, French toast, swim/surf with my wife, a bit of reading on the beach, leisurely lunch, nap, friends around for dinner, laugh until we cry, in bed by 11.
Your favourite sports team?
The Lionesses.
If you could be any fictional character, who and why?
Hermione Granger. She’s not just great at magic, she balances intelligence with bravery and is a brilliant friend.
Share your greatest personal achievement:
Joining the fire service as an on-call firefighter.
Share your pet hate or biggest irritant:
Forgetting something important and having to go back for it.
What would your Mastermind specialist subject be?
How to kill off houseplants in 30 days.
If you were PM, what would be the first law you’d pass?
Free school meals and school uniforms.
If you had a time machine, would you go to the future or the past?
The future.
What is number 1 on your bucket list?
Write a bucket list.
If you were Editor of Fuel Oil News magazine, what’s your first article?
Why the UK still needs liquid fuels in a net zero future.
What 3 things would you take to a desert island?
Heavy-duty knife. Fire-starting device. Sleeping bag.
Something about you people would be surprised by?
I do enjoy a good reality show.
Image courtesy of Šárka Feltwell, MB Energy
