Person Behind the Face
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NewsPerson Behind the Face – Jon Partridge
How I got into this industry…I decided to take a year out before going to university. I went to work in a sailing school for one year, ended up staying for three years, and never made it to university. From the sailing school I ended up at Tollesbury Marina before joining LDC (which branded to RS Sailing.)
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NewsPerson Behind the Face – Adam Ramsden
How I got into this industry…After 13 years in motorsport, I was introduced to the marine industry in 2008 through a personal connection.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Tony Evans
How I got into this industry…When I met my wife, I was one of four in the finance team floating the largest quoted hedge fund in the world.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face – Chris Clayton
How I got into this industry…I went to Bucklers Hard Boat Builders to help out for a few weeks whilst they had a change of MD. That was 32 years ago and I’m still waiting for a permanent contract.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Alistair Hackett
How I got into this industry…I sailed my first dinghy race on the River Trent aged four and the love of the water never went away.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Kim Hollamby
How I got into this industry…our family were traditional baby boomer industry customers; Dad got the boating bug, the rest us followed with various degrees of initially guarded enthusiasm.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Paul Knox-Johnston
How I got into this industry…I think I was influenced by my father really. I desperately tried to stay out, but ended up working for a charter company down in Cornwall for a Summer prior to going to university and was pretty much hooked since.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Dave Manassah
How I got into this industry… By accident. I took a summer factory job and have been in the industry ever since – But love it.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Matt Ovenden
How I got into this industry…I’ve been an avid boater since childhood – I grew up waterskiing and wakeboarding in the Blackwater Estuary, as well as racing Dart catamarans and in my teens enjoyed sailing yachts.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Paul Kelly
How I got into this industry…After a couple of years in retail, I landed an apprenticeship in Portsmouth Dockyard as a ships rigger. Unfortunately, due to Mrs Thatcher’s cut backs and privatisation, I was made redundant and was lucky enough to find a job with Lucas Sails as a yacht ...
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Dan Henderson
How I got into this industry…After I finished my degree at Portsmouth University I visited the Southampton Boat Show in 2011 with the aim of making some connections to find a role within the marine industry. My dad has been a sailmaker for most of his life so we were ...
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Matt Newland
How I got into this industry…My father Nick started Swallow when I was still at school. I always had a keen interest, working for the business in the holidays and for a year out between university and a “proper job”. I managed three years in said job, before quitting to ...
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Ian Stevenson
How I got into this industry… I was working for Kraft foods, it was a choice of selling Dairylea to Asda or selling boats to nice friendly folk. My first job was at Buckden Marina in Cambridgeshire, then it was onto Ronstan, Bainbridge, Lewmar and in 2010 I started with ...
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Mike Ward
How I got into this industry…my working background was in maritime civil engineering for Portsmouth City Council. I was engaged on several major projects at the Continental Ferry Port and in the commercial docks. Desiring a move to the private sector I took a job with a major UK marina ...
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Chips Howarth
How I got into this industry… I had a proper job once! I was working in environmental consultancy for Shell Oil and got in with a bad crowd from Jack Holt and was tempted into the marine industry. I started with Holt in 1995 as a sales rep (followed by ...
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Seán McCrystal
How I got into this industry…I’d been working in communications around the London Olympics when an opportunity arose to head up the marketing and PR for a marine technology company in Malta. The timing was perfect, and I’ve been hooked on marketing in maritime ever since.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Lee Hassall
How I got into this industry…I grew up in Hope Cove, a tiny fishing village in South Devon so always had an affinity with the sea. I’ve tried recreational potting for crab and lobster and as a student had casual jobs in the fishing industry. After university I lived in ...
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NewsPerson Behind The Face - Charles Hansard
How I got into this industry…I have worked in the maritime industry and other industries as a supplier since 2003. However, as an Army officer I had a deployment in HMS Bristol in 1989 and that gave me the first taste of life on the ocean waves.
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NewsPerson Behind the Face - Dave Cockwell
How I got into this industry…At the age of 15, I earned a reputation at Bristol Docks as ‘the kid who could fix boats.’ I became a ‘one-man repair shop’ who refitted and restored yachts. I quickly discovered that superior craftmanship was prized by wooden boat owners who sought desirable ...
