interview
Island Life - April/May 2011
Action man Danny
- a hunting,
shooting Fisher
who relishes
every challenge
that is thrown
at him
By Peter White
Many people would be satisfied with
potatoes for a well known potato crisp
one successful career. But Danny Fisher
company.
has taken on the challenge of three
“When I was there it was a typical
separate ventures that have all proved
English village – 20 farmers milked a
hugely gratifying.
few cows and grew corn. But times
Two positions – one the military and
have changed, and now I don’t think
one in the software industry - saw him
there is any livestock any more. All the
travel to all corners of the world. Now
old farm cottages are now lived in by
he prefers to stay much closer to home,
commuters to Nottingham,” he said.
running his renewable energy company
Danny opted for a military career
from offices in the garden of his home
rather than farming because he fancied
near Ashey.
‘getting up and getting away’ and his
But his action-packed workload does
father was also a serving officer in
not end there. The former Island High
the Royal Engineers, which added to
Sheriff is also a deputy Lord Lieutenant,
the interest. But he admits: “I didn’t
chair of the IW NHS, and has been
give a great deal of thought to career
involved in numerous other projects.
planning, it was more a case of taking
However, he did manage to find time
to give Island Life a fascinating insight
into the hectic lifestyle he has enjoyed,
and still enjoys.
chances when they came along. But no
regrets at all.”
The career choice resulted in Danny
attending Wellbeck College, the Army’s
Danny hails from Shelford, a small
boarding school, coincidentally at the
farming village in Nottinghamshire,
same time as the Island’s current Lord
where his ancestors had lived for the
Lieutenant Martin White. He then
past 1,200 years, having arrived from
spent two years at the Royal Academy,
Jutland. His cousins still farm the
Sandhurst before being commissioned
area, growing sugar beet and lots of
into the Royal Signals. He recalls:
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