Jeremy has spent the last 25 years as an IT Training Consultant working on Microsoft Office products and large Finance/ERP systems. Customers include The Home Office, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The Deutsche Boerse, the Department for International Development (DfID), the University of London and many others.

Prior to that he spent ten years working in IT Sales for companies like IBM and McDonnell Douglas Information Systems.

The first 12 years of his working life were spent in the Music Business firstly as Tour Manager/Sound Engineer with bands like Deep Purple and Fleetwood Mac then as an A&R Manager (Talent Scout) for CBS Records and Phonogram Records working with acts like Judas Priest, the Clash and David Essex.

Jeremy was born in Accra, Ghana and spent the first ten years of his life there, in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya where his father was in the Colonial Services. He has travelled extensively throughout the world having visited over 70 countries.

His hobbies include travel, photography, music, sport, yoga, genealogy and wildlife conservation.

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PORT, DESTINATION AND ENRICHMENT SPEAKER FOR:

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UK - Edinburgh, Dublin, Belfast, Kirkwall, Portsmouth, Isles of Scilly

The Baltics, Scandanavia and St Petersburg - Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Riga, Skagen, Bornholm/Ronne, Rostock, Bergen, Stockholm, Visby, Berlin, Moscow, Kiel, Travemunde, Hamburg, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Kiel Canal, Malmo, Helsingborg, Lysekil and the Fjords

The Fjords - Tromso, Bergen, Flam, Alta, Bodo, Narvik, Stavanger, Alesund, Hardangerfjord, Eidfjord, Kristiansand, Skjolden, Maloy, Lysefjord, Oden, Nordfjord, Flam, Lofoten Islands, North Cape

Iceland - Reykjavik,Grundarfjordur, Isafjordur, Akureyri, Seydisfjordur, The Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon and Gulfoss

The Benelux - Antwerp, Amsterdam, Ghent, Brussels and Bruges

France - Rouen, Honfleur, Provence, Nice, Monaco, Bordeaux and Paris

The Middle East - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Salalah, Jordan - Aqaba, Petra. Wadi Rum, Mount Nebo, Dead Sea, Karak and Amman, Istanbul, Kusadasi/Ephesus, Izmir

Israel - Haifa, Ashdod, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Tel Aviv, Mossada

Africa - Banjul, Namibia, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Mombassa, Nairobi, Zanzibar, Reunion, Tanzania, Seychelles, Luxor, Cairo, Walvis Bay

Far East - Mumbai, Delhi, Agra, Colombo, Penang, Phuket, Bangkok, Singapore, Kota Kinabalu, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Saigon, Koh Samui, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang

Iberian Peninsula - Lisbon, Madeira, Porto, Vigo, Gibraltar, Barcelona, La Coruna, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, Cadiz, Cartagena and Cordoba

Mediterranean - Nice, Monaco, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Naples, Venice, Istanbul, Malta, Limassol and Famagusta Cyprus, Rhodes, Ephesus, Santorini, Athens, Katakolon, Kotor, Split, Dubrovnik, Mykonos, Athens, Crete, the Balearic Islands

North America - New York, Miami, Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, Quebec

Caribbean - Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Belize, Antigua, St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, St Kitts, St Marten, Trinidad and Tobago, BVI

South America - Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Lima, Cartagena, Colon, Costa Rica

Crete - King Minos, the Minotaur, Labyrinth and Daedelus and Icarus

Singapore the Lion City

Sri Lanka

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ENRICHMENT TOPICS:

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The Castles and Clans of Western Scotland

The Northern Islands of Scotland - the Orkneys and Shetlands

Portsmouth and its Royal Navy Heritage

The Great Portuguese Explorers and their part in opening up the world

The Peninsular War and Spanish Independence

Seville - it's history, geography and people plus the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition and Flamenco

Andalusia - it's history, geography and people plus the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition and Flamenco

The Canary Islands - it's geography, history, sights and Christopher Columbus

The Lesser Antilles - WIndward Islands, The Lesser Antilles - Leeward Islands

Japan - history of it's people and culture, he Samurai - an introduction to the warrior class of Japan plus Ronin and Ninjas

The Norwegian Fjords

The Islands of the Cyclades

Peter the Great
His Life and Times

Catherine the Great
Her Life and Times

Alexander the Great
His conquests

The Vikings

The Hanseatic League

The Azores - geography, history and islands of the archipelago

The Spanish Conquistadors - the discovery and opening up of the Caribbean, South and Central America and the United States

The Caribbean - its geography, history, people and culture

My life in the Music Business

Walking with Lions, Elephants and Cheetah - wildlife conservation volunteering

The Construction of the Suez Canal

The History of Cunard Lines

The History of Fred Olsen

Luxor - the great Pharoahs of Thebes

He has been a Destination Speaker with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines to Rouen Honfleur, the British Isles, Scotland and the Isles of Scilly, Norwegian Fjords, Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. He was booked to do three further cruises with Fred Olsen (Northern Norway and the Northern Lights, Swedish Waterways and Cities and Flowers and Canals. All were cancelled due to Covid-19. He completed two round UK cruises on Celebrity Silhouette plus two back to back Spain and the Canary Islands. Has also cruised up the Danube with Emerald Waterways - from Bucharest to Budapest with Martin Bell and John Simpson

I completed a 5 Day River Seine cruise with Fred Olsen as Destination Speaker. I gave a presentation/talk on both Rouen and Honfleur.

I have just given talks, commentaries and escorted tours on the following four Fred Olsen cruises:

S212 - Borealis Maiden Voyage
S213 - Scenic British Isles & Summer Wildlife (Borealis)
S214 - Scilly Isles & the South Coast (Borealis)
S2202A - Caribbean and the Americas

Two cruises on the Celebrity Silhouette around the UK from Southampton - Liverpool, Greenock (for Galsgow), Kirkwall and Invergordon (for Inverness).

Two cruises on Celebrity Silhouette - Spain (Vigo and Cadiz) and the Canary Islands
SD067 - Saga Spirit of Discovery - Easter in the Low Countries
T2212 - Fred Olsen Bolette - The Islands of the UK
T2214 - Fred Olsen Bolette - Scenic Summertime Norwegian Fjords
Fred Olsen Bolette - Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen
Fred Olsen Borealis - In Search of the Northern Lights
T2302 - Fred Olsen Bolette - The Mediterranean and Cyprus
Oceania Nautica NAU230219 - Bangkok, Koh Samui, Sikanouville, Saigon and Singapore
Regent Seven Seas Voyager VOY230429 - Venice, Ancona, Kotor, Kusadasi, Istanbul, Mykanos and Athens
Silversea Silver Dawn - Copenhagen to Copenhagen - Copenhagen, Bergen, Leknes, Honningsvag, Tromso, Alesund, Olden and Flam
Fred Olsen Bolette T2320 - Discover the Scandinavian Capitals. Oslo, Skagen, Visby, Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen
Regent Seven Seas Navigator NAV231009. Valletta, Heraklion, Izmir, Patmos, Durres, Dubrovnik and Venice
Cunard Q333 Queen Elizabeth. Barcelona, Heraklion, Suez Canal, Safaga for Luxor, Salalah, Columbo Sri Lanka and Singapore
2024
Cunard M403 Queen Mary 2. Southampton, Tenerife, Walvis Bay, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town

I have been a guest on a cruise up the Danube with Emerald Waterways. John SImpson and Martin Bell were the speakers.

The following recent Cruise History has been recorded for this candidate.