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Company Profiles


Profile - George Almond

Club Treasurer and Secretary
George Almond (UK)

Extensive media, film and business experience. Specialist in epic journeys, square-rig ocean voyages, horseback travel and USA tour with Flying Scotsman Steam train. He carries the can for syndicate and club.


Profile - George Almond

Finance Director, Wings Over Everest Ltd.
Pekka Luoma (Finland)

A career in the financial world has included line management and Board positions, often relating to control and risk assurance, but also to developing new service concepts. Pekka regularly travels to Asia and brings a Nordic no-nonsense slant to the venture.


Profile - George Almond

Charities Manager
Sophie Sharpe (UK)

Daughter of a senior BA captain, Sophie is a private pilot and an experienced wing-walker. Sophie advises individual donors and their foundations with high impact charitable campaigns of Focused Philanthropy.

Profile - George Almond

Expedition Consultant
Rebecca Stephens MBE

First British Woman to scale Everest and the Seven Summits. Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, Member of the Alpine Club. Lecturer to National Geographic Society. Trustee to the Himalayan Trust UK dedicated to the Sherpas of Nepal. Mother of two and leadership motivational speaker for schools and corporations.


Profile - George Almond

Aviation Consultant
Tony Ditheridge (UK)

Expertise at building sensational aircraft includes Hurricanes Spitfires and Bleriot. He has great experience of India and consults the Indian Air Force Museum.


Media Lawyer  -  Richard Bridge

McDonald Bridge Solicitors.
Fax: 0044 (0) 1634 272721

Accountancy - David Richards

(Accountants to the Thrust Supersonic Car Project) Simpsons & Co.
Fax: 0044 1428 608168

Corporate Lawyers - Alan Buchanan

Triay & Triay.
Fax: 00 350 20072270

Commercial lawyers - Frank Scott-Ashe

BLB Solicitors
Fax: 0044 1225 753266