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Rick Harrison


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Job title

Consultant

Last book you read?
Agent ZigZag, biography of Eddie Chapman from the war years

Your heroes include...?
Tony Ward, a personal colleague who refused to be beaten by illness

Favourite line from a film?
"Failure is not an option" - Apollo 13

Your best day at Impact (so far...)?
Getting the OK to use motorcycles as personal transport to Impact programmes in Europe

Who makes you laugh?
Anyone who takes themselves too seriously

Last journey you took?           
The off road Tour De Mont Blanc using my mountain bike. 5 days, 7500m climbing 5 passes

What’s on your desk?
A dead mouse

Proudest moment at work?
Every time we have a client handover on a Community Partner project

How do you deal with stress?
Extreme concentration, make a list and crack a cold beer

Favourite place?
Sitting on my mountain bike at the start of an adventure

3 people you’d have dinner with (dead or alive)?
I’ll eat a pie with anyone!