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Neil Laughton

British Army officer and adventurer (born 1963)

Neil Adrian Denis Laughton (born 31 October 1963) is a former army officer, entrepreneur and adventurer. He has completed the Explorers Grand Slam of climbing the highest mountains on all seven continents and reaching both the North and South Poles.2

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Born Oct 31, 1963.1

About

He holds a number of world firsts and Guinness World Records records for his expeditions on land, sea and air.

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Companies

Career

Occupation: explorer.4

Early business career

Following his military career Laughton held several management roles within the construction industry before moving into self employment from which his entrepreneurial activities stemmed.

Entrepreneurial activities

In 1994 Laughton founded Office Projects Group Limited as chairman with Andrew Russell as commercial director. OPL managed and delivered commercial interior and exterior fit-out and refurbishment projects for a range of blue-chip UK customers and was acquired by Balfour Beatty in 2011. Since then he has held non executive director roles as well as founding the Penny Farthing Club in 2013, co-founding Brighton City Airways (City Airways) and is co-founder and director of Floating Developments Ltd as well as founder and managing director of Laughton & Co Ltd.

Books

In October 2023 Laughton published Adventureholic: Extraordinary Journeys on Seven Continents by Land, Sea and Air telling the stories of Neil's most unforgettable and daring expeditions.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom5

Neil A D Laughton was born in Woolwich, London on 31 October 1963, the eldest son of Captain RFG Laughton (Royal Navy) and Gillian E Cocks. Laughton grew up in rural Somerset and went to boarding school in Sussex (Worth Abbey). Upon leaving school in 1982 Neil joined the Royal Marines.

Laughton married Caroline Reay-Jones in 2006. They live in Sussex with their three children; Oscar, Scarlett and Amber.

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Philanthropy

Charity

Through his expeditions Laughton has raised funds to support charitable causes, these have included Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Community Action Nepal and Global Angels. He has founded and directed a number of events for charities including the annual Great Sussex Bath Race, the Rockinghorse Sportathlon and Speedee Boarding. These events are all held in support of Sussex Based charities Chestnut Tree House, LifeCentre and Rockinghorse.

Laughton is currently an Honorary Vice President of the Scientific Exploration Society a charity founded by John Blashford-Snell in 1969 (Charity no. 267410), having previously held the role of chairman for 6 years from 2017.

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Sources

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