Neill Ghosh

I have always loved the water. Far from putting me off, from the moment my elder cousins threw me into the deep end of our local pool aged four to screams of "swim Neill, swim" I have rarely been far from the life aquatic. I am from a family that enjoys travelling so from an early age I was lucky enough to see a lot of the world. But it was not until my first big solo trip in 1998 that I finally combined my twin passions of water and travel by trying out diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Since that significant moment I have largely been kept out of the water, first through my studies at St. Andrews and the School of Oriental and African Studies and then by my work; I spent two years with a small internet start-up in the voluntary sector before spending the last three years as a senior analyst at a US-based consultancy working with Finance executives at some of the world's largest companies.

But in between studying and working I have managed to cram in several hundred dives in locations as diverse as the Galapagos Islands, Borneo, the Philippines, and Egypt. I would take a trip to South East Asia over anywhere else; not just for the diving, but for the people, the culture and the food. My passion for water and travel has not diminished over time and now Original Travel and Dive in Style have given me the opportunity to do something I actually love for a living.