Name: Mark Smith
Nickname: Smithy
Job Title: NPD Manager
Catch-phrase/favourite quote: If you want to dance, you’ve got to pay the band
What do you do at TasteTech? Manage the NPD Team & process
What do you enjoy doing when not working? Swimming, surfing and motorcycling
If you could choose any product from TasteTech to take to a show and tell, what would it be and why? Encapsulated Caffeine – it completely masks the extremely bitter note, and enables caffeine to be included in nutrition products with no detrimental effects
Favourite film of all time? Gladiator
Who would be your 3 fantasy dinner party guests? Bob Mortimer, Sylvester Stallone, David Attenborough
What might people be surprised to learn about you? I played amateur football for Yorkshire County as a teenager
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? Treat others as you wish to be treated
What would be your last supper? BBQ’d Lamb Souvlaki
What would you do if you won the lottery? Retire and live by the coast somewhere
What was your first job? Produce department at Morrisons when I was 15 years old
What is top on your bucket list? I would like to go into space and look down on the Earth
