Feb 1, 2023
This week’s Island Influencer is Jamie Lewis, Founder at COURTESY, helping hospitality brands build, transform and communicate.
In addition, Jamie is the Managing Director of Extra Fancy, Co-Founder of Table of Two and Director & Trustee of Isle of Pride.
Jamie grew up in Chesterfield during the “new Labour years” with
a big focus on education and a big focus on getting people from
disadvantaged backgrounds into University. He went to Sheffield
University, admitting he “burnt the wick at both ends”, working
20-30 hours a week and partying, Jamie still graduated with a 1st
degree in
sociology and politics.
Although he was (and still is) fascinated by politics and what
is happening in the world, most of Jamie’s experience is in the
hospitality industry. Jamie has created businesses today steeped in
values learnt through working for McDonald’s
and Disney in his teens and twenties.
Like many of my Island Influencers, Jamie thought he would come to the Isle of Man for a few months and ended up settling here!
I particularly enjoyed his chicken nugget – Usain Bolt at the Beijing Olympics, yarn…
Here is my conversation with Jamie Lewis in episode 84* of Island Influencers.
Apologies for the sound quality throughout Jamie’s episode.
Jamie is a very busy man, and I had been trying to chat
with him for a long time, the easiest way to arrange this
sooner
rather than later was over Zoom. Unfortunately, the sound
quality is a little different from what you’d expect from
the Island Influencers podcast, however, it is not an episode to
be
missed.