Charlie Cooper
Job title: travel trade business development manager.
Age: 38.
Born: Basingstoke, Hants.
Lives: Romsey, Hants.
Education: Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke.
Path to career: started travel career in 1986 as sales consultant for Hogg Robinson. Left in 1987 to take up position with Cosmos Holidays as sales representative. Joined Redwing Holidays as sales representative in 1988. In 1989 joined Hoseasons Holidays in the role of regional sales executive. Promoted to key account manager in 1993. Took up current position as travel trade business development manager in 1996.
Personal talk
What is your star sign?
Aries.
What would you change about yourself?
Take your pick! All I know is that I still have to move around in the shower to get wet!
Which living person do you most respect?
Matt Le Tissier – he’s a pure genius!
What is your greatest regret?
Not joining the travel industry until I was 25.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My Southampton season ticket – worth every penny.
If you could be anyone for a day who would it be and why?
Damon Hill, the day he clinched the 1996 World Championship for the feeling of being the best in the world at last.
What would you have put on your gravestone?
I thought that kebab was a bit dodgy.
When was the last time you did some exercise?
Last weekend, on a gentle 10-mile jog via the White Hart.
Which sports do you love and which do you hate?
I love football, motor racing and athletics. I hate showjumping and tennis.
What is the most memorable destination you’ve visited and why?
Western Australia, where I swam with dolphins.
What type of holiday would you avoid at all costs?
Sequence dancing – the tuille skirts keep riding up my legs.