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interview
Hilary Devey
MD and founder of Pall-Ex
What got you started in transport? commenced my career in Tibbel& Britten's fashion divisionI behave I was the first and only female sales rep in the transport industry in this country at that time. The East London rag trade was not a good place to be in the eighties, when you were only 20 years old and from the North, I learnt a lot more about human nature than
I did transport, but I don't regret one second. it made me grow up quickly, and suppose it is partly responsible for the person I am today.
What do you love/hate about it?
I hate nothing and love everything about transport. It's in my blood, it's everything lam.
!firmly believe that the industry is not given the recognition it deserves. If only Joe Public stopped to consider that almost everything in life, be It the chair they sit on, the TV they watch, the cup of tea they drink, the pen they write with, is brought to them via road transport, they would perhaps appreciate hard-working LGV drivers, traffic operators and hauliers_ I believe it is the hardest-working, most dynamic sector of industry, and is greatly undervalued. How do you relax?
Quite simply, I don't. I have an overactive mind that refuses to switch off.
What was the last CD you bought?
Can't remember! I buy lots. I music and I have extremely diverse musical tastes.
Where was your last holiday?
Strange you should ask, I've just returned from a short break in Dubai. It was fantastic and I enjoyed every second, although it was extremely hot, which unfortunately meant every day was a bad hair day!
Football man's game or over-hyped nonsense? I don't really uiluerstand the game, as all Pall-Ex members during 1998 will testify.
I am known within the industry as being the only person who could call an Annual General Meeting on Cup Final day... I couldn't understand why all my members were agreeing with everything I said at the time, Eventually I found myself in this huge room on my own, only to find the entire Pall-Ex membership and hub staff all sitting comfortably in the bar, in front of a big screen, cheering.
So I suppose it must be a man's game!
If you ruled the world, what's the first thing you would change?
There is so much poverty, so many cultural clashes, and so little caring sometimes in the world as a whole, that things could greatly improve. Throughout history technology excepted things do not appear to have changed a great deal, situations have just simply evolved.
Does your heart belong North or South? I've led such a nomadic lifestyle since being a small child that I'm comfortable wherever I can sleep, eat, entertain my friends, and enjoy my family and pets. It's not the place, it's the people who make the difference.
Do you have any unfulfilled ambitions? Loads! I would love to make my mark in politics and try to make a difference, improve lives and I don't mean by socialism.
Most of us are given so little time on earth consider the average lifespan is threescore years plus 10, equate this to a total of 3,640 weeks, then consider 1,092 weeks of this constitute our formative years when education is paramount, and a further 675 weeks are when we are thought to be in our dotage. It only leaves the average person around 1,800 weeks to make their mark.
Put into this context and we don't have very long. I believe in essence that everybody wants to make their mark, do good, save a life, bring a smile to a child or a sick, poverty-stricken face -or indeed bring some laughter or joy to people's lives generally.
It's just that "tomorrow I will do that" mentality, but if more people just considered "tomorrow may never come' a lot more would be achieved and the world would be a much nicer place to live.
What makes you happiest in life?
I'm happiest when everyone around me Is happy, or when I feel a good job has been done. Unfortunately it can be a fact of life that the further up a political or social ladder one climbs, the more is expected from a person so praise is less frequent.