ABOUT JOHN DAVIDSON
VALUES // CAREER // CHARITY WORK
VALUES
Everyone, of any age, can increase their resilience and happiness by embracing the magic of the outdoors
Everyone deserves an education
Amazing things can be achieved with hard work and clear values
Every experience is a lesson and every negative can be turned into a positive
CAREER
After being asked to leave school at 15 with no qualifications, John Davidson joined the army via a few dead-end jobs.
He served in two Special Forces units, including 22 SAS, and was awarded Mention in Dispatches whilst serving in the military.
Since leaving the armed forces, he’s had a successful career using the skills learned from war zones around the world – from being a bodyguard to being involved in hostage negotiations with armed terrorist groups.
JOHN’S SOLO ATLANTIC ROW
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CHARITY WORK
Starting in December 2019, John rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean solo as part of the 2019 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. In his epic voyage from San Sebastian de La Gomera, Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean he raised more than £80k for the MyName’5 Doddie Foundation to contribute vital funds to help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. He is one of under 100 people to row the Atlantic solo.
In May 2020, John rallied more than 160 Ocean rowers to row 20 miles each from their indoor rowers to help Mark Beaumont raise more than £231k as part of his Around the World in A Day campaign for NHS Charities Together.
Every year since 2013, he’s ridden a motorbike across North America with Sons of Royalty to help raise nearly £250k for Childline.
