Wednesday 17 April 2013

London to Paris 2013 - introducing our Brewin Dolphin/Stoke Mandeville team

Brewin Dolphin Riders

Andrew Wheeler
Andrew is an Investment Manager in the newly opened Ipswich Office and has been cycling for fun and exercise for the last three years.

Neil Welch
Neil is an Assistant Director in our Legal department in London. He declines to say how long he’s been cycling exactly, but having lived close to the South Downs, he has always mountain biked regularly.

Stuart Sangan
Stuart is a Divisional Director and Head of the Channel Islands, based in Jersey. He has been cycling for many years but only as a short distance commuter. All this changed when he entered his first L2P two years ago. He is now passionate about cycling having joined the Velo Sport Cycling Club, he rides most weekends.

Clark Povey
Clark is an Assistant Director within the Business Support function of Brewin Dolphin, based in the Newcastle office. He has been cycling for a number of years and has taken on a number of challenges – the longest being an event taking him from Belfast to London - 822km in five days.

Nick Barber
Nick is a Divisional Director working in the Ipswich office, having joined Brewin in May 2012. He has always enjoyed cycling although has never taken it any further than a means of mild exercise.

David Hood 
David works as a Quant Analyst in the Research team at our London office. He has been cycling to and from work for a couple years. Last year he was lucky enough to get a last minute place on the London to Paris ride but with only a week to go. He pulled an exceptional finish out of the bag with practically no training.

Andrew Lewis
Andrew is a Divisional Director at Brewin Dolphin’s Cardiff office and has been with the company for 10 years. Having taking up cycling 6 years ago his will be the third time that he has taken part in the Hot Chillee London to Paris ride. Before cycling Andrew was a professional rugby player and gained 29 caps for Wales.


Stoke Mandeville Riders


Alan Cook - hand cyclist
Alan is one of the 2 hand cyclists taking part in this year’s London to Paris ride in aid of Stoke Mandeville National Spinal Charity. He also took part in the ride last year. When not cycling, Alan is a Key Accounts Manager at Wellspect Healthcare.

Nikki Emerson – hand cyclist
Nikki is a T53 wheelchair racer who competes in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and marathon. She is also a T1 triathlete and hopes to start competing internationally in paratriathlon in the coming years. In addition to racing Nikki volunteers as an Ambassador for WheelPower and a SportsAid Trustee. She is passionate about promoting sport among disabled people both for fitness and as a pathway to international achievement.

David Griffiths
David has recently retired from his role as Divisional Director of the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville. He took part in the 2012 Hot Chillee London to Paris ride.

Ceri Dipple
Ceri is owner of Twenty3C, a specialist cycle shop in Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire

Kirsty Luard  
Kirsty is a physiotherapist at Headley Court, a rehabilitation centre for injured members of the British Armed Forces, near Leatherhead in Surrey. Kirsty took part in the 2012 Hot Chillee London to Paris ride.