Jenny Hicks

Group head of technology, Midwich Group

What has been your business highlight of 2022?

My highlight of 2022 has to be ISE22 in Barcelona. It felt like a true return to normality after Covid's effects on trade shows and it was wonderful to see some industry colleagues for the first time since 2019.

If you were ruler of your own country, what law would you introduce first?

It would be an operational carbon footprint tax, not just to encourage faster action from businesses but to help instil new habits in the workforce that they then carry on at home.

Which channel or tech leader (outside of your own company) has impressed you most in 2022?

Purely for sending the first commercial passengers to space this year, it has to be Elon Musk.

If you had a warning label, what would it say?

"Addicted to Lego."

What was your first job?

I started as many do at McDonald's and loved it.

What was the last book you read, and was it any good?

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. It's a great read and reminds you that anything is achievable with perseverance.

What's the most important lesson you've learned from another business leader or mentor?

Invest in yourself with continuous learning.

Who would play you in a movie of your life?

Anna Kendrick, because my life movie would be a musical.