ABOUT US
John Richards
Director of Development
Neil Laughton
Director of Adventure
John has spent nearly 25 years working frontline in Crisis Intervention and Young People’s Homelessness with a wide range of organisations as a Leader specialising in Awareness and Development. More recently, he co-founded a global exploration community and leads retreats in wild places around the world including Tibet, Nepal, The Himalayas, the Sahara, the Mediterranean coast, the Channel Islands, the US, Madeira, Cornwall, Scotland and wild South Africa. John continues to work with a large group of creative collaborators in different parts of the world in order to provide opportunity for fellow travellers to journey out into wild places to listen in nature and learn through community.
Neil Laughton is a former Royal Marine Commando and SAS Officer turned multi award-winning Business Leadership Consultant. He founded a group of company's which grew to £40m turnover and was then sold to a FTSE 100 company in 2011. Neil is passionate about adventure and has led numerous expeditions on 7 Continents - by land, sea and air. He summited Mt Everest with Bear Grylls, circumnavigated the UK on a jet ski and piloted a flying car across the Sahara Desert. Neil is a recipient of the Ness Award for “inspirational leadership” from the Royal Geographical Society and works with clients around the world including B&Q, Virgin Atlantic and BP.