Following a long, successful, but frequently unfulfilling corporate career, I broke free in 2008 and came to Cornwall to tread a different path to personal and business contentment. Following the guidance of Charles Handy, whose wisdom I first encountered at London Business School, I have now built my own portfolio career of business ventures. Pleasing myself, my family and my customers has proven to be a potent formula and we now have a successful photography business, a beautiful holiday rental home, a guided walking tours operation, and I still find time for some consultancy and coaching with local firms who need strategic guidance.In 2014 I accepted an invitation to become a Director and full partner of an exciting start-up called ActorBank. We were finalists of the Ignite 2014 Business competition for start-ups and high growth businesses in Cornwall, and have developed a unique approach to improving communications skills within organisations. In January of 2017 I decided that the demands of the business were disrupting the balance I came to Cornwall to achieve and have now relinquished my position and passed over sole control to my business partner, Sarah Lincoln. If you would like any information about ActorBank please contact me and I'll pass you on to Sarah to help.When we arrived in Cornwall we fully expected to move serenely towards semi-retirement, but the constant challenges of creating and growing new ventures in this beautiful part of the world has kept us busier than we planned. The upsides are huge, though, and if we'd recommend the journey to anyone thinking of taking the plunge.If you'd like to talk to me about how we did it, seek my help, or just reconnect then please drop me a line or give me a call.