Justin Packshaw

MBE DL FRGS
photograph of Justin Packshaw
Born (1965-03-13) 13 March 1965
London, United Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (MBA)
Occupation
Entrepreneur
SpouseTamsin de Roemer
ChildrenLula & Blake
Websitejustinpackshaw.com

Justin James Packshaw MBE DL FRGS (born 13 March 1965) is an English entrepreneur, philanthropist and adventurer.

Early life

Packshaw was born on 13 March 1965 in London.[1] He was raised in Malta[2] where he attended St Edwards College before returning to the United Kingdom in 1975 to finish his schooling at Sandroyd School[3] and Woolverstone Hall. He completed a Master's in Business Administration at the University of Edinburgh in 1993.[4]

Career

Packshaw served in the British Army for eight years, attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst[5] in 1985 before being commissioned into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards[6] where he served in BAOR, Cyprus, Brunei and the first Gulf War.[2] He was Equerry to HRH The Duchess of Kent in 1992. He is a director of De Roemer, a luxury jewellery brand he co-founded with his wife, Tamsin de Roemer, in 2008.[2][7] He is also chairman of travel company Joro Experienes.[8] Packshaw also delivers talks worldwide to businesses, corporations and schools on topics around achievement, leadership, and adaptability,[2] including a 2014 TEDx talk at the London School of Economics.[9][10]

Adventuring and expeditions

Packshaw participated in the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, representing Great Britain.[1] In 1996, he crossed Mongolia on horseback searching for the nomadic Dukha people, a small Tuvan (Tozhu Tuvans) Turkic community of reindeer herders. In 1999, he motorbiked across East Africa.[1] In 2005, he won a 450-mile race to the North Pole and, in 2008, he helped guide 15-year-old Camilla Hempleman-Adams to ski the last degree to the Geographic North Pole.[1] In 2011, he summited Mount Everest, helping to raise £130,000 for Walking with the Wounded, The Warrior Program, and Alzheimer's Research UK.[11] In 2012, the centenary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, he led a team including three wounded veterans to the South Pole to raise money for Walking with the Wounded.[12] In 2014, led an expedition across the coast of Nigeria from Cameroon to Benin via jet ski.[13] That same year, Packshaw co-ordinated and led an expedition including two wounded veterans that followed the route of Sir Earnest Shackleton voyage of the James Caird from Antarctica to South Georgia to raise money for the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre.[14] In 2015, he led a team of businessmen to the North Pole, raising more than £400,000 for The Prince's Trust,[15] and in 2017, he led a team to the South Pole that raised more than £685,000 for The Prince's Trust and the Roundhouse Trust.[7]

In 2021 Packshaw led a 57-day research expedition of Antarctica.[16] The started from Novolazarevskaya Station in Queen Maud Land and travelled through the interior 1,400 miles to the Geographic South Pole. With teammate Dr Jamie Facer-Childs the pair kite skied and man-hauled, unsupported across the ice. The team carried out research on climate change and also on human physiology and psychology working in collaboration with NASA, ESA and Stanford University.

Honours and recognitions

Packshaw is a UK Ambassador for The Prince's Trust.[17] During the 2016 New Year Honours, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire 'for services to expeditions, youth development, and charity'.[18] In July 2016, he was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London.,[19][20] and was awarded[21] the Freedom of the City of London in 2018. In 2021 Packshaw was given a Lifetime Achievement award by the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Phelps, Mark (September 2017). "Justin Packshaw". Business Jet Traveler. The Convention News. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Grech, Helena (30 January 2018). "From boyhood adventures in Senglea to leading expeditions to the four corners of the world". The Malta Independent Online. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sandroyd School". TopUKSchool. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Short, Jane, ed. (May 2011). "Cool customer" (PDF). People. Aluminate. University of Edinburgh Business School. p. 30. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "True Grit". The Times.
  6. ↑ "UK team set out for Captain Scott Antarctic trek". BBC News.
  7. 1 2 "De Roemer Takes The South Pole". Connaught Village. 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Our Team". Joro. Joro Experiences. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ↑ O'Malley, Melissa (26 August 2014). "How Tech Can Boost Your Ambition To Change The World". Forbes. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Human Excellence". Youtube.
  11. ↑ Milligan, Lauren (14 July 2011). "Fashion on Everest". Vogue. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "UK team set out for Captain Scott Antarctic trek". BBC News. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "MAN BREAKS". Condé Nast Traveller. Condé Nast Britain. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  14. ↑ Rowley, Tom (30 November 2014). "Wounded Afghan veterans inspired to retrace Shackleton's steps". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. ↑ newsroom (30 March 2015). "Entrepreneurs Set Out to Conquer the North Pole for the Prince's Trust Charity". Marketing Communications News. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Nasa ice trek paves the way for mission to Mars". The Times. 6 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "UK Ambassadors". Prince's Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N23.
  19. ↑ "Deputy Lieutenants' Commissions". The Gazette. The Stationery Office. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  20. ↑ "Deputy Lieutenants". Greater London Lieutenancy. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  21. ↑ "Court of Alderman" (PDF).
  22. ↑ "2021 Winners UK Awards". Exforces in Business. 2 December 2021.
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