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# [Active Profiler: Nicky Hughes](https://blog.activeprofile.co.uk/2016/08/11/active-profiler-nicky-hughes)

 Written by [Carrie Allen-Snell](https://blog.activeprofile.co.uk/author/carrie-allen-snell) | 11/08/16 15:13

**Our latest ‘Active Profiler’ comes from our Head of Property and Regeneration, associate director Nicky Hughes**

**1) Were you named after anyone?**

Sadly, no...

**2) What do you enjoy most about your job?**

Working with the team to achieve great results for our clients. I love going out and meeting people too, so the networking and events side of what I do is really enjoyable.

**3) Would you ever do a bungee jump?**

Nope

**4) Favourite meal/type of cuisine?**

Spanish - I love tapas and shellfish

**5) Last movie you watched?**

At the cinema… It was ages ago – Star Wars in 3D I think (it cost a fortune!). At home, the last film I watched was Scream.

**6) What book are you reading now?**

Hadley Freeman – Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from 80s Movies (and Why We Don’t Learn Them from Movies Anymore).

**7) What’s the #1 most played song on your IPod?**

Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

**8) What chore do you absolutely hate doing?**

Ironing…

**9) What is your favourite time of day/day of the week/month of the year?**

Time of day – 11:11 – I see it every day for some reason.

Day of the week - Saturday

Month of the year - I love April because it has my birthday and Wedding Anniversary in it and I always go on holiday for a week during April.

**10) If you could choose anyone, who would you pick as your mentor?**

My first PR boss, Mieke van Nunen who I worked for at Leisure Parcs in Blackpool. She could be really harsh but she was an amazing person and she taught me a lot.

**11) Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?**

Jimmy Stewart, Steven Spielberg, Michael Stipe, Ana Matronic

**12) When you have 30 minutes of free-time, what do you do?**

Walk the dog or watch an episode of Friends

**13) What’s the most exotic holiday you’ve been on?**

Not exotic but probably the most luxurious holiday I’ve had was at the Hotel Neri in Barcelona. I went to Venice Carnival too, which was pretty amazing

**14) What’s your biggest pet peeve?**

I have two – ‘More than 10 items at the till’ people (you know who you are!) and people who try to get on the train before you have got off

**15) Where are you originally from?**

Runcorn, Cheshire

**16) What’s one professional and/or personal skill you’d like to have?**

Professionally, I would like to be able to write shorthand

Personally, I would like to be able to sing… properly

**17) What’s your proudest achievement so far? **

Becoming associate director and head of property and regeneration at Active Profile. It was a real milestone for me and I love my new role. My parents are beyond proud too, they tell everyone!

**18) Last restaurant you went to?**

El Gato Negro, Manchester

**19) If you had access to a time machine where and when would you go?**

I’d like to go back to the 1930s and see what my grandparents were like when they were teenagers

**20) Now for the biggy – are you a cat or dog person?**

Dog person... Definitely, they love you, cats just put up with you

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