Yesterday, I attended the funeral of John Lloyd Jones, Spin-Off manager for North Wales. John finally lost his battle with cancer late last week after beating it for the first time five years ago.
John was a unique character whom I had the pleasure of working with closely since 2000. He helped various businesses to start up from both the University of Wales Bangor and NEWI, including Outlook Expeditions, the company I chair.
Always a 'half full' man, he was quick with both advice and humour and everybody who worked with him valued his experience and professionalism. When I worked at NEWI, John did not shirk from coming for a night out with us 'young uns', and was there at the bar in the early hours of the morning when the rest had gone to bed.
I last saw him four weeks ago when we both got on the same train at Chester. We had the usual long conversation on the hour's journey to Bangor and my last memory of him is his beaming smile and usual 'good luck' as we shook hands on the platform.
He will be sorely missed.
John was a unique character whom I had the pleasure of working with closely since 2000. He helped various businesses to start up from both the University of Wales Bangor and NEWI, including Outlook Expeditions, the company I chair.
Always a 'half full' man, he was quick with both advice and humour and everybody who worked with him valued his experience and professionalism. When I worked at NEWI, John did not shirk from coming for a night out with us 'young uns', and was there at the bar in the early hours of the morning when the rest had gone to bed.
I last saw him four weeks ago when we both got on the same train at Chester. We had the usual long conversation on the hour's journey to Bangor and my last memory of him is his beaming smile and usual 'good luck' as we shook hands on the platform.
He will be sorely missed.
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