My name is Adrian Green. I was a bomb disposal engineer in the British army for twelve years until illness and injury meant I had to be medically discharged. I was also a national champion skydiver and a member of the British skydiving team, chosen to represent Great Britain at the first ever World Air Games (basically, the Olympic games for Airsports) in Turkey in 1997. Unfortunately, I was too ill to attend which is one my biggest regrets.

Since my discharge from the army, when I weighed 54kg and could barely walk, I have fought to regain my health and fitness, qualified for my pilot's licence and gained an honour's degree in Psychology. I retrained as a financial advisor and re-qualified as an electrician.

After feeling dissatisfied I searched for something more meaningful. So, I attended brainstorming breakthrough event and I was asked to speak at dinner. Unprepared I spoke about an event that happened during my time in the army in Bosnia. The response afterwards was amazing. Fellow attendees said the talk was inspirational and moving and that it was evident that was what I should be doing.

I have spoken at numerous networking events and conferences and have always been well received. I felt that I wanted to offer more so that I could stay in touch with audiences and help them to conquer the fear that is stopping them from living the life that they should truly be living, particularly a little later in life.

My audience are the people that don't want to settle for mediocrity. They believe that there is more to life and they just need someone to give them a little shove. I'm here to believe in people, maybe more than they currently believe in themselves, to give them that gentle push.