David Pollock

Chief executive and founder, Chess Telecom

Career so far I am a serial entrepreneur.

If you could be anyone else for a week, who would you be? Barack Obama. I always fancied a go on Air Force One.

What will next year’s most overhyped industry buzzword be? Cloud.

Has 2012 been a good, bad or ugly year? It has been the best year we’ve ever had with peak growth in Ebitda.

What would you have as your last meal? Rib eye steak, pepper sauce, fries, rocket salad and pinot noir.

What keeps you awake at night? Too much pinot noir.

What piece of technology could you not be without? My pacemaker.

Have any of your predictions come true this year? VoIP was still over hyped, Openreach kept missing SLA and Ofcom have still done nothing.

What is the best partner/customer trip you have ever been on? I don’t go on them.

What do you see as the channel’s biggest challenge in 2013? The hot air cloud.