DIARY: On the spot - Catherine Brown, Director, qualitative research, TNS/NFO (Australia)

<p><pre> </p><p>Name: Catherine Brown </p><p>Job title: Director, qualitative research, TNS/NFO (Australia) </p><p>What's the best part of your job? </p><p>Working with a range of clients, brands and products. </p><p>The sheer variety of consumer and research issues. </p><p>Thinking around issues and suggesting perhaps more alternative solutions </p><p>and techniques is also interesting. </p><p>And the worst? </p><p>The unsociable hours involved in group depth fieldwork, although you do </p><p>learn to adjust. </p><p>Your all-time favourite film and why? </p><p>Jaws - because it still manages to scare me! Plus, I love Robert Shaw's </p><p>character. </p><p>Favourite book or CD? </p><p>Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer. </p><p>Favourite print title? </p><p>Marie Claire. </p><p>Favourite restaurant? </p><p>That's a tough one! But, probably I'd say the Gulai House at the Andaman </p><p>Resort, Malaysia. </p><p>Do you have a favourite gadget? </p><p>My digital camera. </p><p>Favourite fashion designer? </p><p>Prada. </p><p>What's the weirdest thing we'll find in your closet? </p><p>A pair of anti-DVT socks, which I sometimes wear for flying! </p><p>What are your hobbies? </p><p>They are tennis, sailing, trekking and travelling. </p><p>What's your favourite holiday destination? </p><p>Pulau Langkawi or Sabah, both in Malaysia. </p><p>Who would you want to play you in a movie? </p><p>Renee Zellweger. </p><p>How would you title your movie? </p><p>Final Analysis! </p><p>If you were a brand, what would it be? </p><p>Nike. </p><p>What's your all-time favourite advert? </p><p>Levi's Twisted Jeans (UK). </p><p>Please finish this line, I wish I could ... </p><p>eat less. </p><p>Last thing to cross your mind before bed? </p><p>Did I lock my front door? </p><p></pre> </p>