Paul Cubbage

MD, Target Components

What has been your personal highlight of 2021?

Making the move to an employee-owned business - exciting times ahead for our team and for the business.

Which tech figurehead has impressed you the most this year, and why?

The real superstars in science and technology are those making genuine breakthroughs in areas like medical science, and the irony is that most of us never know their names.

Which one lockdown habit do you plan to keep going?

Socialising at home, particularly in the garden when the weather's nice or round a bonfire in winter. Business-wise, more flexible working is here to stay.

Which face-to-face industry event are you most excited to return to, and why?

I can't wait to put on our own events again. Things are still too uncertain with Covid-19 to plan a full-blown open day, but hopefully we'll arrange some smaller events in the new year. It seems like ages since we've been able to catch up face-to-face with our customers.

If you had the time to learn one new skill, what would it be?

I'd like to learn to speak French. So far I can order more beer and ask where the toilets are, so I think I'm about half way there.

If you could go back in time and tell your childhood self one thing, what would you say?

My childhood self would undoubtedly ignore my adult self so it would be pointless.

If you had to sing karaoke, what would be your song of choice?

It depends on mood and intoxication. We had karaoke at our wedding reception (I know, classy) and drunken Mustang Sally went down a storm.

Sum 2021 up in three words.

Changing the future.