Q&A: Nigel Cliffe

Nigel Cliffe is the managing director of Cliffehanger, a Yorkshire-based creative design and print management consultancy. He is married with four children and, after spending hours counting his money as a child, he would now like to be printing his own retirement cheque.

Why did you get into printing?
While working in a bank, a cashier told me his son had a well-paid job as a scanner operator - I knocked on the door and the rest is history

What would be your dream job?
Ski instructor

Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Jack Dee or Victor Meldrew

What is your dream bit of kit?
One communications device that does everything - not several, like I have now

What would you most like to print?
My early retirement cheque

What is your favourite film?
Leon

What is your favourite song?
Anything by Lianne Carol

What piece of kit would you like to see invented?
A client auto-scheduling device

Most embarrassing moment?
Telling a former landlord I had just burned his house down

Which superpower would you like to have?
Faith

What is the worst kind of print?
Poorly targeted mailshots

Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?
My wife and dog (in that order)

What was your childhood obsession?
Counting my money, so my mum tells me!