Three brave finance professionals are preparing to undertake a gruelling walk to the North Pole, with the aim of raising £1m for worthy causes.
Simon Kiley and James Greenly, director and portfolio specialist respectively at Norwich-based independent advice firm RJL, and Matthew Deeprose, sales director at Dominion Funds, will endure a year of intense training ahead of the walk in April 2013. They have set the ambitious target of raising £1m for charities Mission Motorsport and Walking with the Wounded, both of which support and rehabilitate injured soldiers. The group will fly into Oslo, Norway, next April and then onwards to Spitzbergen where they will take a few days to acclimatise to the harsh conditions. They will negoti...
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