I was born in 1971 and spent much of my childhood in Dorset. We lived close to the sea which was and still is a big part of my life as one of my passions, (which my Dad imprinted on me) is sailing. I learned to sail when I was 7 (thanks Dad) and I have been doing it ever since. I love racing too; I’m not amazingly good at it but certainly quick enough to give the boys a run for their money.
Another great passion of mine is supercars. I started getting interested in cars when my Dad bought a Mini Cooper ‘S’ for my mother (I don’t think this was her first choice), in actual fact I think the idea was that the Cooper would be restored to its formal glory by my father’s own fair hands, with my rather smaller hands involved in a sort of supporting role!
At around 16 years old (yes, the troublesome age) I was faced with what every 16 year old is faced with – choosing A Levels that would enable me to go to College. I desperately wanted to be a yacht designer but I didn’t like the subjects that I would have to take in order to get onto a course, so I spent the next 2 years pretending to study and surprise surprise, I got pretty poor results. The college took pity on me and let me in any way to study Naval Architecture and to my complete amazement, was sponsored by the MOD. I duly (after nights of liver abuse) graduated and wrote the MOD a ‘Dear John’. Peace had broken out (end of the cold war) and so they took the answer pretty well.
Fast forward a few years of working for Ford and working as a consultant and I came up with a smart idea called the Eco-Log. The result is the thrusting young successful business (Lysanda Ltd) that we see today. so what next...
You know, I used to have the odd idea now and then
