Name: Steven Hook
Age: 34
Title: national sales manager – corporate and financial services, Mondial Assistance UK
What did you want to be when you were younger?
In the army
What was the best advice you were given?
Be true to yourself and fulfil your potential
What advice would you give someone starting out?
Don't be afraid to have a point of view
What was your first ever job?
Silver service waiter in a hotel
Do you have an unfulfilled ambition?
To own and run a restaurant
What was your worst moment?
Not being accepted into the Army
What was your best moment?
Arriving in Australia for the first time
What was your education?
O Level standard
Who do you most admire?
My younger brother for his single-minded attitude to
life.
Employment History
2000 National sales manager for corporate and financial services at Mondial Assistance
1996 Joined Mondial Assistance as VW account manager
1991 Appointed Ford A1 Warranty Sales Manager at Lumley Insurance Consultants
1990 Joined Webster Howlett as senior sales executive
1983 Worked at Cowies/Misson Motors as sales executive
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