Describe yourself in three words.
Optimistic, driven, off-the-wall. Is that five?
How would you define marketing?
Where logic meets magic.
What would you be if you weren't a brand manager?
A pro bono reconstructive plastic surgeon.
What advice would you give someone starting their marketing career today?
Be a sponge.
What attracted you to your current job?
The opportunity to work with great brands, great people and spaces where memories are forged.
What was your first job?
Cool hunter and insight analyst for a qualitative youth research agency.
What is your favourite campaign or slogan?
Without a doubt, Lynx's 'Un-leash the man leather'. I'm also a fan of Budweiser's 'Real men of genius' and the Compare-themarket.com ads.
What can't you live without?
My PowerBook and Ghd.
Do you have any hobbies?
Cooking, singing, running and dining in my fabulous restaurants.
If you weren't you, who would you be?
Oprah.
What's your greatest ambition?
To be as happy, healthy and successful as possible in life.
What's your favourite bar or restaurant?
Chez Gérard Opera Terrace in Covent Garden is a favourite in the summer.
If you could get tickets to any event, what would it be?
Centre Court seats at Wimbledon would be nice.
What makes you angry?
Ignorance, poverty and racism.
When was your finest hour?
Being nominated as brand manager of the week is pretty darn fine.
A view from Sarah Johnson
Brand Manager of the Week
Misha Coetzee, marketing executive, Paramount Restaurants