Name: Neel Amin
Current job and Career:
Current: Managing Director – New Leaf Search
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Previously: Head of Sales (BT Financial
Solutions); Head of Sales (Shell Auto Finance); Dealer Services
Manager (Mercedes-Benz Finance); Area Manager (Mercedes-Benz
Finance); Account Executive (Lombard); Graduate Trainee (Ford
Credit Europe)
What was your first ever job?
I worked for a catering wholesalers each summer holiday during my
late teens – but my first step onto the career ladder was with Ford
Credit; based initially at their regional office in Elstree
and thereafter at their Head Office in Brentwood
What’s your favourite
restaurant? This varies depending on ‘the flavour of the
month’. The Good Earth – Chinese restaurant in Mill Hill is a local
favourite.
What do you do at weekends?
Weekends are crazy, as I try to squeeze too much in and end up
being at least a day short of a full break! Spending time with
family and catching up with friends takes priority. Thereafter, if
there’s any time/energy left over, it’s a choice between playing
golf or going to a live football game (I’m a West Ham United
fan)
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By GlobalDataWho is your mentor or role
model? Personal: My Dad. I admire the way he coped in
providing for us as a family when we moved and settled in 3
different Continents. His business and hard work ethic have been
exemplary and inspiring. So too has been the way in which he is
managing a debilitating illness; he just gets on with it and always
remains positive.
Career: 3 notable mentors; each with their
specific influences. Graham Prestedge (Lombard) who helped me cut
my teeth in leasing sales. Bob Middleton (Mercedes-Benz Finance)
who helped sharpen my management skills and Richard Whitton (Shell
Capital) who shared his acute commercial and strategic
experience.
What’s one of the best things about
your job? The autonomy and control that working for
yourself brings but also being part of a trusted team; sharing the
same goals, aspirations and success.
If you weren’t in your current job,
what would you have been? Probably a musician; as I spent
a fair part of my late teens and twenties playing in a band.
What’s your biggest work/career
mistake? Plenty of mistakes along the way – but that’s
part and parcel of learning and experience. Plenty more to come
too, I’m sure.
What cars do you
drive? BMW and VW.
What are you currently reading?
I’m not a fan of fiction and nor am I a big reader – so I
tend to dip into factual/informative books – often several at a
time. Current list includes ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins, ‘Blink’
by Malcolm Gladwell, ’59 Seconds’ by Richard Wiseman and
‘Powerlines’ by Steve Cone.
What’s on your CD player or MP3 player
at the moment? Current favourites include artists such as
Two Door Cinema Club, Wombats, Guillemots, Yeasayer, The Temper
Trap, Delphic, Muse and The Klaxons… having said that, these
artists also share the same MP3 space as many 80’s and 90’s artists
including The Specials, The Beat, Manics, Oasis, Blur, Suede,
Mansun and many more I’d dare to mention!
