Victor Zhang, executive vice president of Omoda & Jaecoo UK, tells John Challen about his dream job growing up and favourite film.

Victor Zhang, executive VP of Omoda & Jaecoo UK

What is your ambition in your current job role?

I am immensely proud to be part of the team leading the introduction of the Omoda & Jaecoo brand into the UK market. One of my main ambitions is to ensure the brand and its products are positively received by British customers in the same way that the Korean brands have been.

What job did you want to do when you were growing up?

I have always loved maths, numbers and logic and, as a child, I thought I wanted to be a mathematician in some form.

The best takeaway food?

Obviously chow mein!

What’s the proudest moment in your career?

The first customer handover ceremony of an Omoda 5 at Arnold Clark in Glasgow. That moment represented many months of hard work from the team.

What are the biggest challenges facing fleets at the moment?

The shift to EV and costs. Fleet managers constantly battle against rising costs, which could be mitigated by them re- evaluating the choices available to them. There are many new challenger brands, Omoda included, that can offer the greater value that fleet managers are looking for.

Supermarket of choice?

Sainsbury’s.

You’re on your dream holiday. Where are you?

Anywhere in Norway.

What’s your favourite film and why?

Interstellar. It is so incredibly detailed and it shows the bigger universe, which has always held a great deal of intrigue for me.

If money was no object, what’s the first thing you would buy?

A house somewhere in the UK countryside, with a beautiful view and peaceful surroundings.

Name three cars in your dream garage?

Probably Omoda 9, Jaecoo 7 and a Land Rover.

Night in or night out?

Definitely a night in, preferably eating chow mein and watching Interstellar.

What car do you currently drive?

Omoda 5 1.6-petrol.

Tea, coffee or other?

Coke Zero.

Books, mags or podcasts?

I wish I had more time for reading novels, but I do enjoy magazines, especially automotive titles.

Who is your idol in life and work?

That’s a tricky one, I am lucky to have had many influential people in my work and private life. I’d probably have to say my boss, Mr Chen; he is ambitious, tenacious and extremely well respected.