The A-List: 2008

Born

1st January 1967

Job

Planning partner

Company

St Luke's Communications

Work Telephone

+44 (0)20 7380 8888.

Address

22 Dukes Road, London, WC1H 9PN

Fantasy business partner

Howard Gossage.

How do you off-set your carbon footprint?

Recycle, buy green.

Greatest influence

Howard Gossage, for keeping it small and beautiful.

Clubs

None.

Favourite gadget

iPod nano.

Desert island objects

Fishing rod, cigarettes, lighter.

Most-admired politician

Gordon Brown, for being a grown-up.

Favourite media

The Guardian, London Review of Books, The Wire, Parkinson on Sunday morning, adliterate.

Biggest risk taken

Staying put.

Perfect day

The day of the big pitch.

Who should play you in the film of your life?

Dennis Hopper.

Career highlights

Joining St Luke's.

Fictional hero

Rebus.

Hidden talent

Dunno.

Best job outside advertising

I worked on a demolition squad for a summer.

Lowdown

The impenetrably Glaswegian Tier, who almost needs a translator present at pitches, hasn't had much to shout about this year. Despite pitching for several pieces of business, the talented planner hasn't yet got hold of many fresh accounts to sink his teeth into.

Most expensive purchase

My bed.

Why are you good at what you do?

I hate bad advertising (which is 95 per cent of the stuff).