Q&A with Max Fielding

Role

Please describe your role.
Maintaining and growing business with existing customers and finding new accounts. I especially enjoy cold calling.

How long have you been part of the Waterline team?
Well, that’s a two-part answer: two years in the late '90s, and being a glutton for punishment, I came back in November 2011, so it's been just over 16 years.

Share a memorable moment from your career that has shaped who you are today?
When working for Ram Kitchens, I won salesman of the year for three consecutive years (which had not been done before).

Interests

What's your favourite hobby or pastime outside of work?
Long country walks with my partner Jude and my lovely dog Frank.

What's one thing on your bucket list you hope to achieve this year?
To visit Athens.

If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go and why?
Athens, can't wait to discover the fantastic history of the birthplace of western civilization.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Seafood pizza!

Impressions

Share a fun fact about yourself that most people don't know.
I have a collection of over 30 pairs of boots.

What's the last book you read or movie you watched that left a lasting impression on you?
“LION”.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be and why?
Colonel Sanders (MR KFC ) I would get him drunk and persuade him to tell me the secret recipe.

What's your favourite quote or mantra that inspires you?
If you don’t want to do it don’t, do something else.