Name: Duncan Carter
Age: 32
Title: Marketing and Product Development Manager, Allianz Cornhill
How did you get into the Insurance Industry?
I joined Equitable Life's graduate management training scheme after realising the retail industry ruins your home and social life
What did you want to be when you were younger?
A Gurkha army officer
What was the best advice that you were given?
Nothing in life is free
What advice would you give someone starting out?
Get any travelling urges out of your system early on and have the courage to experience a variety of jobs
Do you have an unfulfilled ambition?
To stand on the top of Mount Everest
What was your first ever job?
Setting up a home gardening service by knocking on many doors and charging £1 per hour
What was your worst moment?
Any time England have failed to clinch a Five (Six) Nations rugby championship
What was your best moment?
Any time England beat Wales at rugby
What was your education?
A sociology degree and non-academic life at the
University of York
Who do you most admire?
Sir Ranulph Fiennes – for his sheer determination and courage