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Radio 4,14 May 2024,38 mins

SeriesThe Decisions That Made Me

Richard Walker

The Bottom Line

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Evan Davis sits down with Richard Walker the Executive Chairman of Iceland foods a company founded by his father. Richard started at Iceland Foods in 2012 from the bottom up working as a shelf stacker at the start. A qualified chartered surveyor he is an entrepreneur in his own right having set-up a property business, Bywater Properties, of which he is still chairman. A fan of physical challenges he’s climbed Everest and was running his first London Marathon this year when he collapsed less than two miles from the finish line and says ice saved his life. Evan asks about the key personal and business-related decisions that got him to where he is today. A Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4.

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