He spent 6 years as an Officer in the Royal Air Force working in Air Battle Management as a Fighter Controller. During that time he was deployed as far afield as Alaska and the Falklands and also spent time on peace-keeping duties in the Balkans and Cyprus. He was the youngest RAF graduate from NATO's prestigious Tactical Leadership Program in Florennes, Belgium. After being selected as one of 6 successful applicants from 50 graduates of a Fast-Track residential Sales & Business course he began a career in Sales & ICT for a FTSE 100 Telecommunications firm. He spent 5 years in this environment as an Account Manager within the Corporate London & City Sales Team. He completed his first year as an Account Manager as No.1 in the company with a Sales Achievement of 165%. In search of a new challenge he has spent the last 4 years trading the Financial Markets, an area that had always fascinated him. He enjoys the challenge in an environment that has an acknowledged 85%+ failure rate. He trades on the Global Currency Markets and is working towards building his own Charitable Hedge Fund. He has always had a keen interest in Success, Achievement and Peak Performance, whether that be on the battlefield, sports-field, boardroom or financial markets. He is a qualified coach who gains immense satisfaction from working with individuals who demonstrate the desire for growth and personal change in pursuit of worthy goals. He provides Voluntary Coaching services to Leonard Cheshire, the country's leading disability charity. He runs his own Performance Coaching practice which helps create a 'performance mindset' for individuals who operate in challenging, results-driven, pressured environments. He is also a Level 2 qualified Sports Coach for Baseball and Softball UK. His favourite past-time is the Running of the Bulls at Pamplona! |