Sir Richard Branson - Founder and President, Virgin Group, Global Entrepreneur, Adventurer and Philanthropist
Sir Richard Branson founded Virgin in 1970 - it started off as a mail order record retailer. Today the Virgin Group is made up of around 200 companies spanning 30 countries with involvements in leisure,...
Gary Cale - Taxi Driver
Gary Cale grew up in Canada and came to the UK when he was 15. He spent some time trying many different careers before meeting his wife and becoming a taxi driver. Gary loves to learn and has acheived...
Ronnie Graham - Engineer
Ronnie Graham is an Engineer at ScotRail, working on continuous team development. He's worked in engineering since he was 15, except for a spell in his thirties when he went to university, got a law degree,...
Eva Brodie - Train Driver
Eva Brodie is a Train Driver for First ScotRail. It's not something she planned to be, in fact she went through university and into a job without having any plans at all. But her boyfriend persuaded her...
Michael Foy - Conductor
Michael Foy is a Conductor for First ScotRail. He takes great pride in doing a good job and being able to provide for his family. When he was made redundant from a good job in the telecommunications industry...
Leon de Ste. Croix - Cruise Director
Leon de Sainte Croix is Cruise Director on a P & O cruise ship - he is in charge of the entertainment. He was a professional dancer in the UK for ten years, then went to work on a cruise ship as a "safe...
Simon Terry - Staff Captain
Simon Terry is a Staff Captain on a P & O cruise ship. This wasn't his first choice of career. He wanted to go into the armed forces but he failed the medical and had to rethink. "So I didn't really...
Anthony Wallis - Chief Technical Officer
Anthony Wallis is Chief Technical Officer on a P & O cruise ship. He wasn't sure what he wanted to be at school until he went to a careers convention and they told him about the Merchant Navy. "Within...
Ian Hutley - Captain
Ian Hutley is Captain of a P & O cruise ship. He has worked for P & O ever since he left school, doing qualifications with them and working his way up to Captain. He considered jobs that didn't take him...
Andrew Wolverson - Second Officer
Andrew Wolverson is the Second Officer on board Aurora, a P & O cruise ship. His turning point was work experience for a computer company, when he realised that he never wanted to spend another day sitting...
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