This month we chat with Jon Cox, Technical Manager, UKIFDA.
“Don’t be afraid to ask for advice no matter who you are.” Jon Cox
Sum up your working life in 25 words or fewer.
I’ve worked predominantly within fuel distribution and LPG for the past 25 years in the UK, Ireland and the Philippines.
Describe yourself in 3 words.
Approachable. Funny. Dedicated.
What were your childhood / early ambitions?
To fly Concorde.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Teleportation – to travel anywhere in the world.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
Believe in your abilities.
Your top tips for business success?
Listen to all points of view and don’t be afraid to ask for advice no matter who you are.
What’s the last photo you took on your phone?
Visit to Anfield for Liverpool vs Southampton.
If you could have dinner with any person, living or dead, who and why?
Kevin Sinfield – the guy is a hero and should be knighted.
You can only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what is it?
My partner’s chicken and chorizo Mediterranean bake.
The best thing about your job?
Expanding my knowledge around legislation, and meeting members I’ve not previously met.
The quality that you most admire?
Respectfulness.
What are you most likely to say?
I trust you are well.
What are you least likely to say?
No.
Describe your perfect day.
Sat at Obelix restaurant in Zante, with my family.
Your favourite sports team?
Liverpool FC.
If you could be any fictional character, who and why?
Ron Weasley – slightly apprehensive but makes good at the end.
Share your greatest personal achievement.
Obtaining my degree after being told I wouldn’t amount to anything.
Share your pet hate or biggest irritant.
People not saying thank you.
What would your Mastermind specialist subject be?
Liverpool FC 2000 – 2025.
If you were PM what would be the first law you’d pass?
Reduced duty on biofuels.
If you had a time machine, would you go to the future or the past?
To the past, your future isn’t written.
What is number 1 on your bucket list?
Walk in Central Park.
If you were Editor of Fuel Oil News magazine, what’s your first article?
Encouraging younger people to come into the industry.
What 3 things would you take to a desert island?
Picture of my family, a radio and a lighter.
Something about you people would be surprised by?
I paddled in the European Dragonboat Championships in Schwerin, Germany when I was 17.
Image courtesy of Jon Cox
