May 19 2022 48 mins
This weeks I was gonnae guest is Geoff Leask, Chief Executive at Young Enterprise Scotland.
Geoff tells us that he had a nomadic life as a young man being born in Edinburgh and then moving to the borders then Leeds before settling in Jedburgh. As a young man Geoff tells us that despite Jedburgh’s size it had an independent record store where he spent a lot of time and money buying punk singles. Geoff has a ‘give it a go’ attitude to life which he reflects as emanating from his passion for punk music especially The Clash.
Geoff’s first job on leaving school was as an apprentice deck officer for a shipping line company Fyffes shipping line the ‘banana ship’ to get his ‘escape route from the sleepy town of Jedburgh’ (no he didn’t hear London Calling or get on a Train in Vain!). ‘This job gave me the opportunity to see things over the horizon’.
Geoff’s passion, motivation and life ethos is apparent to anyone who knows Geoff and what he has achieved within his career and most recently for YES (Young Enterprise Scotland).
Listen to more of Geoff’s life and career stories on the I was gonnae podcast.