Insights Meet Ben, our new Escapee!

It’s an Escape tradition that we ask our new recruits some fun but telling quickfire questions, so meet Ben Howells, our new Head of Culture & Capability!

No judgement please, this is a safe place…

Meet Ben 👋

Last live concert 
I don’t like crowds… 

Dark or milk chocolate (white is just not an option sorry, ok maybe a white chocolate mouse)
Dark. 85% or over. 

Favourite holiday destination
New York or Cornwall

Your childhood dream job (apart from being an Escapee of course…)
Elite sniper in the special forces

Superhero power
Simplifying complexity

Pineapple on pizza?
No objection.

Most famous person you’ve met
Victoria Beckham or Brad Pitt

Favourite all-time movie
The Hunt For Red October

Nickname as a kid
Ben (short name - what can you do?)

The song you can’t get out of your head? 
Pink Pony Club (largely due to my kids… honestly!)

Favourite junk food
KFC

Go-to karaoke song?
Pompei - Bastille

Coffee - black or white?
Oat Milk Flat White

The last TV show you binged?
The Residence (Murder mystery set in The White House). 

The meme you can’t stop quoting? 
One does not simply sit down after leg day

And finally, tell us something completely random about yourself (we won’t tell anyone. promise)
I qualified as a SCUBA instructor at 12 so they changed the rules to 18. I did my first dive when I was 4.